Supreme Court Seems Likely to Preserve Access to the Abortion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "Anti-abortion protestors rally outside the Supreme Court, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Washington.
53% : They referred to the Comstock Act, a rarely used, 151-year-old criminal law that has been revived by anti-abortion advocates seeking to block the delivery of mifepristone through the U.S. mail.
52% : Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration's top Supreme Court lawyer, said the court should dismiss the case and make clear that anti-abortion doctors and organizations don't "come within 100 miles" of having standing.
51% : Addressing Ellsworth, Thomas said the law is "fairly broad, and it specifically covers drugs such as yours."Even if the court doesn't address the Comstock Act in its ruling, some abortion rights advocates fear that a future administration that favors abortion restrictions could invoke the law to roll back access to mifepristone.
49% : That ruling had immediate political consequences, and the outcome in the current case, expected by early summer, could affect races for Congress and the White House.
43% : Health care providers have said that if mifepristone is no longer available or is too hard to obtain, they would switch to using only misoprostol, which is somewhat less effective in ending pregnancies.

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