Supreme Abortion Ruling Threatens To Shut Down Kansas City Clinics

Local implications of a medial tech decision that will resonate across the nation but especially here in Kansas City . . . A blue city in an EXTREMELY RED STATE.

Here are the basics . . .

Abortion opponents are also opposed to abortion medication being sent through the mail. The plaintiffs in the case before the Supreme Court have argued that the FDA’s change to allow providers to mail mifepristone violated an 1873 anti-obscenity law known as the Comstock Act.

If the court buys that argument, much more could be at risk, said Yvonne Lindgren, associate professor of law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Abortion opponents could argue that the 19th century law also restricts shipment of other equipment needed to provide abortions.

“The Comstock Act is a threat to abortion anyplace in the United States,” Lindgren said.

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U.S. Supreme Court mifepristone case could make abortions even harder to access in Kansas City

The Supreme Court heard a case Tuesday about whether the U.S. Food and Drug Administration overstepped when it revised requirements for how a medication abortion drug should be dosed and prescribed. The case was brought by attorney Erin Hawley, the wife of Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley.