The Supreme Court has agreed to examine the Food and Drug Administration’s decisions in 2016 and 2021 to drop virtually all safety precautions for obtaining and using abortion drugs.
The Supreme Court’s involvement in any case related to abortion provokes all sorts of hysteria. But the court’s decision here will not just be about abortion, but also will say a lot about whether powerful agencies must follow the law when making rules that can dramatically affect Americans’ lives.
Here’s a quick recap of how the FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine case arrived at the Supreme Court.
Prescription drugs may not be marketed in the United States without the FDA’s finding that they are “safe and effective.” The FDA approved Mifeprex, the brand name of the drug mifepristone, in 2000 to cause an abortion in the first seven weeks of pregnancy when used…
