TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Feb 20, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that three Republican-led states will not be allowed to join an appeal that will decide the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone, reports Reuters. Last month, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk allowed Missouri, Kansas and Idaho to join the lawsuit. The states will remain as parties in the underlying case. Today's ruling means they will not be part of an appeal of Kacsmaryk's preliminary order and a later appeals court order that put significant restrictions on mifepristone, including a ban on prescribing it by telemedicine and dispensing it by mail.