Abortion Cases Continue to Shake Up Supreme Court and Pharmaceutical Industry.

A new challenge to medication abortion has the potential to bring another seismic ruling at the Supreme Court, but it is a different kind of case and could bring a different resolution. The challenge by anti-abortion physicians and medical groups tests the US Food and Drug Administration’s authority to review and approve drugs for use. If the decision stands, it would diminish access to abortion even in states that currently allow it. The case centers on important but dry issues of legal standing, the deadline for filing a lawsuit against the FDA, and whether the agency’s actions were arbitrary and capricious.