Supreme Court allows abortion drug mifepristone to remain widely available in US [Video]

The Supreme Court is allowing abortion drug mifepristone to remain widely available in the U.S.

Opponents had wanted the Supreme Court to roll back changes made by the Food and Drug Administration that have made it easier to obtain the drug.

The case stemmed from a lawsuit filed by three doctors and a group called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine incorporated in Amarillo, Texas, in 2022. They argued that they, as medical professionals, could be forced to violate their religious beliefs by conducting surgery if a woman suffering a complication of medical abortion went to their emergency room.

But the Supreme Court said in its unanimous decision that the plaintiffs “lacked standing” to challenge the FDA’s actions.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the opinion for the court.

“We recognize that many citizens, including the plaintiff doctors here, have sincere concerns about and objections to others using mifepristone and obtaining abortions. But citizens and doctors do not have standing to sue simply because others are allowed to engage in certain …