Abortion pill challenge gives Supreme Court chance to move toward national abortion ban

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : While the appeals court did not rely on that law in ruling that the FDA went too far, anti-abortion advocates have raised it in their filings to the Supreme Court.
55% : 'Abolished from coast to coast': Anti-abortion movement looks to cities as target for bansMifepristone used in most abortionsMore than 6 in 10 abortions in the United States last year were completed with pills, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights.
45% : "In the Justice Department's briefs to the court, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar reminded the justices that the appeals court decision they are reviewing did not address the Comstock Act.
33% : Related How the Supreme Court case on the abortion drug mifepristone could affect 2024 electionAbortion drug could be blocked by the 19th century Comstock ActThe long-dormant law prohibits mailing "lewd or lascivious" material, as well as anything that could be used to cause an abortion.
32% : But the federal judge - appointed by former President Donald Trump - who first heard the mifepristone challenge said the Comstock Act prohibits the mailing of abortion drugs.
26% : Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III and attorney Jay Sekulow, who represented Trump during his first impeachment and is now chief counsel at the American Center for Law and Justice, made similar arguments to the court.
22% : More: Supreme Court allows Idaho's near-total abortion ban in emergency room in blow to BidenHe considers the Comstock Act the most significant national threat to abortion rights, through either a Supreme Court ruling or a second Trump administration.
16% : Besides disputing the FDA's conclusion that the changes it allowed are warranted, the anti-abortion groups challenging mifepristone also argue the FDA is violating the Comstock Act.

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