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The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown open the once impenetrable blockade on state abortion regulations with its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, and now the battle over do-it-yourself home abortions using abortion pills is heating up.
The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown open the once impenetrable blockade on state abortion regulations with its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, and now the battle over do-it-yourself home abortions using abortion pills is heating up.
States have issued restrictions on do-it-yourself abortion pills while the federal government has loosened regulations. Whose law is supreme?
In the Wild West that is post-Roe v. Wade abortion legislation and litigation, abortion drugs (“abortifacients”) have emerged as the next legal battleground. States have proposed everything from constitutional amendments on abortion to gestational age limit bans. But a growing majority of abortions now result from drugs rather than surgery. And there, state legislators in pro-life states are assessing whether they can restrict these chemical abortions. Happily, the answer is likely yes, they can.