US Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pill
The US Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the availability of a popular abortion drug. The ruling is a win for American abortion rights groups, but attempts to restrict access to mifepristone in the US are likely to continue.
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00:00 It wasn't the decision anti-abortion activists had hoped for.
00:05 "Obviously we were disappointed, so the court ruled against the Alliance for Hippocratic
00:09 Medicine."
00:10 The Supreme Court justices found the Alliance, a group of anti-abortion doctors, did not
00:15 have legal grounds to challenge the availability of Mifepristone.
00:20 "After today's Supreme Court ruling, Mifepristone will remain on the market, accessible and
00:26 without any new restrictions."
00:28 It's the court's most significant ruling on abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned
00:35 two years ago.
00:36 More than 20 states have since restricted or banned abortions.
00:41 But sending medications through the mail has allowed thousands of women to circumvent the
00:46 bans.
00:47 And anti-abortion groups say they'll continue their fight.
00:51 "This is absolutely not the end of the road.
00:53 We do believe that we'll be back in the court."
00:55 Democrats are hoping their support of abortion rights will win them votes in this November's
01:00 election.
01:01 And that's why you see them trying to hammer home that today's ruling doesn't change
01:05 the fact that those rights are under threat.
01:08 "This is not a cause for celebration.
01:10 This ruling is not going to change the fact that Trump's allies have a plan that if all
01:17 else fails to eliminate medication abortion through executive action.
01:23 So we must remain clear-eyed about the threats to reproductive freedom in America."
01:29 On a visit to Capitol Hill, Donald Trump made no mention of the Supreme Court ruling as
01:35 the presumptive Republican nominee was feted by colleagues.
01:39 But keeping quiet on the fallout from 2022 won't be an option for long.
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