Robots, suffragettes and pro-choice Catholics: Meet the mifepristone ban protesters outside the Supreme Court
Catholics for Choice President Jamie Manson arrived on the steps of the US Supreme Court with one goal in mind: To fight against religiously motivated restrictions on reproductive healthcare in the United States.
“There has been a very concerted effort by Catholics…to pack this Court with justices who are opposed to abortion because of their faith,” she told The Independent.
Ms Manson spoke to The Independent on Tuesday morning as the court heard oral arguments in a case that could overturn the federal government’s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. The plaintiffs argue that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wrongfully approved mifepristone for use up to 10 weeks of pregnancy, and then improperly eliminated requirements that the drug should only be dispensed in person.
Thousands of people, from both the Washington, DC metro area
