Abortion pills still in jeopardy after ruling

+ preventing youth violence US Edition - Today's top story: Supreme Court unanimously concludes that anti-abortion groups have no standing to challenge access to mifepristone – but the drug likely faces more court challenges [View in browser]( US Edition | 14 June 2024 [The Conversation] [The Conversation]( Top headlines - [Gut health is about more than just poop]( - [An ode to the corny dad joke]( - [What do fathers say when they complete our quiz? ‘Da dah!’]( Lead story Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling on the abortion pill mifepristone represents a subdued victory for abortion-rights activists. The court wrote in a unanimous decision that the plaintiffs in the case – anti-abortion organizations and doctors – did not have the standing to challenge the Food and Drug Administration’s approval and regulation of mifepristone. The decision temporarily protects access to the drug for use in medication abortions through the mail from certified pharmacies, via telehealth and by nonphysician providers such as nurse practitioners in states where it is legal. But experts say it’s certain that this is not the end of litigation involving mifepristone and that individual states could still threaten access to the drug in the future. Some of those state efforts are already [making their way through the lower courts](, explain law professors Naomi Cahn and Sonia Suter. “While the short-term consequences of the ruling leave mifepristone available where it is legal, this is not the last word on access to medication abortion,” they write. [ [How faith and religion drive the world. Sign up for our weekly newsletter, This Week in Religion.]( ] Amanda Mascarelli Senior Health and Medicine Editor Activists on both sides of the abortion battle are gearing up for it to be a major issue in the 2024 election. Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images [Supreme Court unanimously concludes that anti-abortion groups have no standing to challenge access to mifepristone – but the drug likely faces more court challenges]( Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia; Sonia Suter, George Washington University The opinion did not take on the substance of the plaintiffs’ claims against mifepristone, and the abortion pill is already facing other challenges. 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