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Today at Ms. | December 13, 2023
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Abortion Pill Case—Setting up an Abortion Ruling Before the 2024 Elections [[link removed]]
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The U.S. Supreme Court granted petitions to hear the Food and Drug Administration and Danco Labs’ appeal of a ruling that would reinstate restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone and sharply roll back access nationwide. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)
BY CARRIE N. BAKER and ROXY SZAL| The Supreme Court granted a request by the Department of Justice and the abortion pill maker Danco Laboratories to review a Fifth Circuit Court decision drastically limiting access to the abortion pill mifepristone. At the same time, the Supreme Court denied a request by the anti-abortion group Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine to reinstate a Texas district court decision staying the 2000 approval of mifepristone.
The case will be heard this term, with a decision likely by summer—just months before the next election, where voters will decide on the next U.S. president and who will represent them in Congress. While the Supreme Court considers the case, the medication will remain available as it has been.
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Just When You Thought the Abortion Battle in Ohio Was Settled [[link removed]]
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BY SHOSHANNA EHRLICH | After a resounding win for abortion rights in Ohio, one would hope that the issue had at last been put to rest in the state. But now, the city of Lebanon, Ohio, is debating whether or not to retain its status as a sanctuary city for the unborn.
It’s all in service of anti-abortion activist Mark Lee Dickson’s vision: “outlawing abortion, one city at a time.”
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Welcome to the ‘Pro-Life’ Dystopia [[link removed]]
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Pro-abortion activists rally near the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 22, 2023, the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. (Celal Gunes / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
BY JILL FILIPOVIC | The Texas Supreme Court, including one judge who was arrested for protesting abortion clinics, just denied a potentially life-saving abortion for a woman whose fetus had a fatal diagnosis.
This is all grotesque and radically out of line with what we would expect of a reasonable advanced and humane society, but it’s not surprising: It’s exactly what happens when the theocratic, fundamentalist “pro-life” movement seizes power.
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As various wars and conflicts continue to mount around the world, from Ukraine to Gaza, to Sudan and beyond, we’re wondering: where are the women at the negotiating table? The number of women and girls living in conflict-affected countries continues to mount, reaching 614 million people in 2022—a 50-percent increase from 2017. What do governments and NGOs need to do to make sure that women’s needs do not fall through the cracks?
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