Supreme Court hears oral arguments on mifepristone abortion pill case: Live updates

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : "Shame on you for what you do," one protester, holding a sign reading, "Anti-racist, anti-capitalist, anti-fascist, anti-abortion pills" shouted at a pro-choice demonstrator holding white plastic coat hangers stained with red paint.
59% : Erin Hawley, senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, is representing the anti-abortion doctors and groups challenging the FDA's decisions.
54% : While one anti-abortion group held a vigil and an attendee prayed into a microphone, abortion advocates chanted back "abortion is healthcare" into their own megaphones.
54% : Nearby, calls by one protestor that "Abortion is healthcare, abortion is essential," went against chants by Students for Life members saying, "We are the pro-life generation, and we will abolish abortion."
47% : Nearby, others held signs referencing the Comstock Act, the nineteenth century obscenity law at the center of many abortion opponents' arguments.
43% : A group of demonstrators shouting "abortion is healthcare" joined the group, attempting to drown out the opposing crowd.-- Cybele Mayes-OstermanProtestor says John Roberts as killing the Constitution; another sign says Brett Kavanaugh is 'sexiest man alive'The group of anti-abortion doctors who are challenging mifepristone made their case to protestors before arguments began.
24% : They held mock magazine covers with pictures of the Supreme Court justices - one depicting Chief Justice John Roberts read, "John Roberts: The Man Who Presided Over the Death of the Constitution," while another read, "Brett Kavanaugh: Sexist Man Alive."-- Cybele Mayes-OstermanBiden campaign blames Trump for abortion pill challenge before Supreme CourtAhead of the Supreme Court's oral arguments, President Joe Biden's reelection campaign blamed former President Donald Trump for a case that could strip access to abortion pills across the country - and warned he doesn't want to stop there.

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