Washington —Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday put on hold a lower court decision in a dispute involving the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, preserving access to the drug for now. Alito, who handles applications for emergency relief from the U...
But in a blistering but impotent joint dissent, the court’s three remaining Democratic appointees — Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — said the ruling would instead force the Supreme Court to wade further into hotly contested moral and philosophical issues, listing a ...
The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to an abortion pill untouched until at least Friday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on mifepristone to take effect. The court is dealing with a new abortion controversy less than a y
Supreme Court lets stand Colorado abortion ruling.(abortion and Medicaid funding)(includes other rulings)Canan, Martha M
LONDON, June 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that overturned women's abortion rights has shown that the United States is deeply divided, an opinion piece carried by The Guardian has said. The ruling added to the sense that the United States is "divided, deeply and hopel...
Ohio’s court is likely to be another battleground over abortion after a county judge temporarily blocked a ban that took effect after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling. Rhiannon Carnes, co-founder and co-executive director of Ohio Women’s Alliance Action Fund, said her group has bee...
The Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss a challenge to the abortion pill mifepristone means the drug’s future is now firmly tied to the 2024 presidential election. Anti-abortion groups said they were dealt only a temporary setback by last week’s ruling and are planning the path forward on...
Alito Jr. were noted as saying they would have denied the appeal and allowed the clinics to close. But, today's SCOTUS ruling allows the clinics to stay open while the appeals case proceeds. (The New York Times)Supreme Court Texas Abortion Ruling...
So if the Supreme Court had ruled on behalf of the plaintiffs, the actual substance of the decision may not have been as unpopular as most polls suggest. On the other hand, many Americans may not have closely followed the exact parameters of the ruling and just perceived it as the ...
What he neglects to mention is that Republicans don’t want to do it. They never have. During the Obama years, we saw several Supreme Court decisions that did not go our way. I was so incensed by the ruling in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius upholding Obamacare ...