Special Edition: Abortion Is Back at the Supreme Court

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🗓️ 28 March 2024

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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that will determine if nationwide restrictions are imposed on access to mifepristone, a safe medication used in more than half of all U.S. abortions, and for miscarriage treatment. What the court decides later this year will have significant implications on our ability to access abortion, no matter where you live, even in states with legal protections for abortion. The decision could also impact how other medications are protected from interference -- that is, the court could decide that anyone who doesn’t like a certain medication can levy a lawsuit to block access to the drug. To unpack what we heard, we have Julia Kaye, Senior Staff Attorney at the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project who is on site in Washington, D.C. and is joining us just hours after hearing the arguments live.

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0:00.0	From the ACLU, this is at Liberty.
0:05.9	I'm Kendall Seasmeyer, your host.
0:12.3	On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that will determine if nationwide restrictions are imposed on access
0:22.3	to Mipipristone, a safe medication used in more than half of all U.S. abortions, and also for
0:28.6	miscarriage treatment. What the court decides later this year will have significant implications
0:33.9	on our ability to access abortion, no matter where we live, even in states with
0:39.2	legal protections for abortion. The decision could also impact how other medications are protected
0:45.0	from interference. That is, the court could decide that anyone who doesn't like a certain
0:50.2	medication can levy a lawsuit to block access to the drug.
0:55.9	How bananas is that?
1:03.3	To unpack what we heard, we have Julia Kaye, senior staff attorney at the ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project, who is on site in Washington, D.C., and is joining us just hours after hearing the
1:09.3	arguments live.
1:10.5	The abortion rights are under attack.
1:12.8	What do we do?
1:14.0	Stand up by back.
1:15.1	What do we do?
1:16.1	Stand up my back.
1:20.8	Julia, welcome to Out Liberty and thank you so much for joining me.
1:28.3	Thanks so much for having me. Great to be on the show. So, Julia, we first talked about this case
1:34.2	on At Liberty about a year ago. Just hours ago today, you heard the oral arguments for the
1:40.3	Miffipristone case, which will determine whether Mifipristone can continue to be prescribed
1:45.4	through telehealth, mailed the patients, and dispensed at brick and mortar pharmacies.
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