Is the Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling Actually a Feint?

Jurisprudence

May 18, 20264:50 PM

Former FDA Commissioner Marty Makary.

Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Samuel Corum/Getty Images and Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.

Last week the Supreme Court temporarily ended the latest crisis around mifepristone, a drug used in most abortions nationwide, but one thing remains clear: Some conservative judges are tempted to reenter the fray on reproductive rights, despite Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s promise that in overturning Roe, the court was getting out of the abortion business.

Is the Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling Actually a Feint?

Other newsrooms on this story

Related reading

Supreme Court temporarily extends women's access to a widely used abortion pill

Other newsrooms on this story

Related reading

Supreme Court temporarily extends women's access to a widely used abortion pill

Supreme Court preserves broad access to abortion drug mifepristone

Supreme Court keeps abortion pill widely available as challenge continues

Supreme Court overrides abortion pill mail ban — for now

Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit…

Supreme Court Restores Access To Abortion Pill Mifepristone Through Telehealth,…