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Recent Legal Developments Regarding Abortion Access
(updated July 2024)

1. FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine was a Supreme Court case about access to mifepristone, a medication used for medication abortions. DRNY signed on to a disability amicus brief describing how restricting access to medication abortions would be harmful for people with disabilities. The Supreme Court of the United States unanimously decided to allow mifepristone to remain on the market. The court found that the Plaintiffs in the case, who sought to restrict access to mifepristone, did not have standing to challenge FDA regulations that limit medically unnecessary restrictions on mifepristone access, including restrictions that disproportionately affect people with disabilities. For more information about the case and how it affects people with disabilities, please see the statements by Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund and American Association of People with Disabilities, links available below.
2. Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund’s Statement on Supreme Court Decision in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine
3. American Association of People with Disabilities Applauds Supreme Court Decision to Retain FDA Approval of Mifepristone
4. Disability Rights & Reproductive Justice: Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Access for People with Disabilities in a Post-Dobbs World, presentation and materials by Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
5. DREDF Responds to Supreme Court’s Decision in Moyle v. United States (another case about abortion access that affects people with disabilities)