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Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill mifepristone, allowing drug to stay on the market - Clover - Jun 13 2024 CNN, June 13 2024. https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/13/politics/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-abortion-pill-mifepristone/index.html Quote:The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approach to regulating the abortion pill mifepristone with a ruling that will continue to allow the pills to be mailed to patients without an in-person doctor’s visit. Quote:Though technical, the court’s reasoning is important because it might encourage other mifepristone challenges in the future. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the opinion for the unanimous court: Justice Brett Kavanaugh [C]itizens and doctors do not have standing to sue simply because others are allowed to engage in certain activities – at least without the plaintiffs demonstrating how they would be injured by the government’s alleged under-regulation of others. |