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At the same time, however, the case would be based on whether the doctors who introduced the original lawsuit were able to bring the case in the first place.<\/p>\n
The decision is scheduled to take place in July.<\/p>\n
During the second hour of arguments, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Neil Gorsuch questioned the challenger\u2019s attorney regarding the nationwide impact as a result of the lawsuit.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy can\u2019t the court specify that this relief runs to precisely the parties before the court as opposed to looking to the agency in general and saying agency you can\u2019t do this anywhere?\u201d Roberts asked the attorney, Erin Hawley.<\/p>\n
Although Hawley was going to explain how this type of remedy would be \u201cimpractical\u201d, Gorsuch intervened to address the latest surge in universal injunctions. He noted he went back \u201cand looked and there are exactly zero universal injunctions that were issued during Franklin Delano Roosevelt\u2019s 12 years in office \u2013 pretty consequential ones.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd over the last four years or so, the number is something like 60 and maybe more than that,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd they\u2019re a relatively new thing. And you\u2019re asking us to extend and pursue this relatively new course, which this court has never adopted itself.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis case seems like a prime example of turning what could be a small lawsuit into a nationwide, legislative assembly on an FDA rule or any other government action,\u201d Gorsuch said.<\/p>\n
The Biden administration asserted that even if some action was made in favor of the plaintiffs it should not have affected the whole nation instead of the litigants in the case.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the court did\u2026 is enter sweeping nationwide relief that restricts access to mifepristone for every single woman in this country. And that causes profound harm,\u201d Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said.<\/p>\n
At the present time, medication abortion is only accessible through the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. Although a person does not need to see a provider in-person to receive drugs for a medication abortion, providers still must be present to review gestational age and whether someone may have an ectopic pregnancy.<\/p>\n
A majority of medication abortions occur without an ultrasound.<\/p>\n
Image credit: \u00a9Getty Images \/ Catherine McQueen<\/em><\/p>\n\nMilton Quintanilla is a freelance writer and content creator. He is a contributing writer for Christian Headlines and the host of the For Your Soul Podcast, a podcast devoted to sound doctrine and biblical truth. He holds a Masters of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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