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Yet Another Bad Week for Abortion Rights
Judges on the 5th Circuit appeared worryingly comfortable challenging the expertise of FDA scientists.
Losing ground.
Photographer: Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images
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It’s been almost 11 months since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and access to abortion just keeps getting worse.
Last week alone saw several alarming new developments. A six-week abortion ban advanced (again) in South Carolina. Legislatures in North Carolina and Nebraska passed measures banning abortion at 12 weeks. Meanwhile, the legality of the abortion pill mifepristone was sharply questioned at a hearing at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, a federal court in Louisiana.