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June 24, 2022judicialabortion rightsconstitutional lawreproductive rightsstate law preemptionSupreme Courtconstitutional lawreproductive health

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson, triggering state-level mifepristone restrictions

The Supreme Court''s 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women''s Health Organization overturns Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortion. The ruling immediately triggers abortion bans and gestational limits in over a dozen states, many of which include restrictions on medication abortion and mail dispensing of mifepristone. The decision does not directly affect FDA approval of mifepristone — a federal matter — but it empowers state attorneys general to challenge the drug''s dispensing under state law and opens the door to federal court challenges arguing the FDA exceeded its authority when it approved and later expanded access to mifepristone.