Special Edition: Abortion Is Back at the Supreme Court

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that will determine if nationwide restrictions are imposed on access to mifepristone, a safe medication used in more than half of all U.S. abortions, and for miscarriage treatment. What the court decides later this year will have significant implications on our ability to access abortion, no matter where you live, even in states with legal protections for abortion.

The decision could also impact how other medications are protected from interference — that is, the court could decide that anyone who doesn’t like a certain medication can levy a lawsuit to block access to the drug.

To unpack what we heard, we have Julia Kaye, Senior Staff Attorney at the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project who is on site in Washington, D.C. and is joining us just hours after hearing the arguments live.

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Kendall Ciesemier

Host of At Liberty and Senior Executive Producer of Multimedia, American Civil Liberties Union

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Kendall Ciesemier (@kendallciese) is the Host of At Liberty and the Senior Executive Producer of Multimedia at the ACLU. Previously, Kendall worked as a producer and reporter for The New York Times’ Opinion section and Mic, a digital media company. Most notably at Mic, Kendall’s interview with Alice Marie Johnson, a woman serving a life…

Kendall Ciesemier

Julia Kaye

Senior Staff Attorney, Reproductive Freedom Project, ACLU

Julia Kaye (she/her) is a Senior Staff Attorney with the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, where she fights against laws that limit access to essential reproductive health care. Julia was lead counsel in the two lawsuits, ACOG v. FDA and Chelius v. Becerra, that led the FDA to allow patients to obtain mifepristone, a safe and…

Julia Kaye