U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas challenge to restrict access to abortion pill

OLYMPIA—On Thursday, June 13, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected the state of Texas’ challenge to change mifepristone’s legal status which would have restricted access to the abortion pill for millions of women. This is the court’s first major abortion-related ruling since overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022.  “This case was never about science,” Representative […]

Inslee and Ferguson respond to Supreme Court abortion pill decision

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 21, 2023—Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency request by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on behalf of the FDA and other defendants, to halt a lower-court’s ruling that suspended the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill, mifepristone. “The April 7, 2023, order of the United States District […]

Nationwide halt of abortion pill Mifepristone except in Washington and 16 other states

AMARILLO, TX, April 9, 2023—U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas, halted the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion pill Mifepristone on Friday, April 7. The ruling comes just three days after Governor Jay Inslee announced the purchase of a three-year supply of the abortion-inducing pill that was […]

Abortion becomes a state-by-state issue after Roe v Wade overturned

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court overturned the 50-year-old landmark Roe v. Wade decision, 6-3, that established a right of personal privacy protected by the Due Process Clause which include the right of a woman to determine whether or not to bear a child. Access to an abortion would now become a state issue, with […]

What it would mean to Washingtonians if SCOTUS overturns Roe vs. Wade?

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 11, 2022 –Political journalism outlet Politico released a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on May 2, that would reassess its ruling in Roe v. Wade while considering its pending Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization case. A day later, the Supreme Court released a statement affirming the authenticity of the draft opinion […]

Abortion and America: The leaked draft opinion

WASHINGTON, D.C, May 11, 2022 – On May 2, Politico broke the news that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade per a leaked draft of the majority opinion, which was penned by Justice Samuel Alito and obtained by Politico.  The U.S. Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on the Women’s Health […]