The Latest Abortion Pill Ruling Makes a Dark Bet on the Supreme Court

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : This case began when the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a group of anti-abortion doctors, set up shop in Amarillo, Texas, where a judge widely believed to be the most hostile to abortion in the country, Matthew Kacsmaryk, presides.
48% : In that way, the majority's opinion may be a snapshot of where the Supreme Court is today -- on this case and abortion more broadly.
45% : But even if this ruling doesn't change anything on the ground, it represents conservatives' best guess that the Supreme Court is going to go much further than it did in Dobbs in limiting abortion at a national level -- even if not necessarily in this case.
43% : But as the 5 Circuit seems to believe that when it comes to this Supreme Court on abortion, there is no reason for self-restraint when you have nothing to lose.
41% : And if the court isn't ready to go much further on abortion yet, that will likely change later.
40% : The panel members were united in believing that no standing defect will worry this Supreme Court if it has a chance to limit access to abortion.

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