A SCOTUS abortion ruling that actually makes sense

The MoJo Daily newsletter, Monday through Friday. [View in browser]( [Support our nonprofit journalism]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter](     June 13, 2024 A new SCOTUS abortion ruling dropped this morning—and, shockingly, this one actually makes sense. As my colleague Nina Martin [writes](, the court swatted away a lawsuit brought by a coalition of anti-abortion medical groups and doctors challenging the Food and Drug Administration's regulation of mifepristone, one of the two drugs involved in a medication abortion, [which over 100 scientific studies have confirmed is safe and effective](. The ruling in the case, [FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine](, held that the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring the lawsuit because they could not show the FDA regulations they were seeking to challenge caused them harm. Abortion rights groups cheered the news—for now. As I have [written](, medication abortion has accounted for an increasing proportion of abortions provided post-Dobbs—about one in five, according to the most recent data available. But there are still other threats to mifepristone looming, particularly under another Trump presidency. As Nina [writes](: The decision doesn’t overturn [state laws]( that have made the abortion pill illegal or imposed restrictions on access. Nor is it likely to slow down other efforts underway to ban the abortion pill around the country, including [arguments based on]( the Victorian-era federal obscenity law known as the [Comstock Act](. And it offers little insight into how the court will decide the other blockbuster abortion-related case waiting in the wings this term: [Moyle v. United States](, an Idaho case that will decide whether the federal [Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act]( requires hospitals to provide emergency abortion care. [Check out Nina's piece]( to get the full scoop on what went down at the court today...and what to keep an eye out for coming up. —Julianne McShane Advertisement [House Subscriptions Ad]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [The Supreme Court Just Unanimously Struck Down a Challenge to the Abortion Pill]( “The plaintiffs have not shown—and cannot show—that FDA’s actions will cause them to suffer any conscience injury.” BY NINA MARTIN MOTHER JONES MEMBERSHIP UPDATE   MOTHER JONES NEEDS YOUR HELP Straight to the point: Donations have been concerningly slow for our hugely important First $500,000 fundraising campaign. We urgently need your help, and a lot of help, over the next few weeks so we can pay for the one-of-a-kind journalism you get from us. Learn more in “[Less Dreading, More Doing](,” where we lay out this wild moment and how we can keep charging hard for you. And please help if you can: $5, $50, or $500—[every gift from every person]( truly matters right now. [Donate]( [Trending] [Rudy Giuliani is turning to the Christian right for help with his bills]( BY STEPHANIE MENCIMER   [Extreme temperatures seem to be messing with children's mental health]( BY JENAYE JOHNSON   [North Carolina's GOP opposes embryo destruction. That could threaten IVF.]( BY ABBY VESOULIS   [Sandy Hook survivors are graduating. Here’s what hasn’t changed since the 2012 massacre.]( BY JULIANNE MCSHANE Advertisement [House Bookshop Ad]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [The laws that make it shockingly easy for survivors to be jailed for their abusers' crimes]( How should the conditions of a person’s life be weighed when they are involved in a crime? BY SHANNON HEFFERNAN Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Donate Monthly]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755