Fol­low­ing SCO­TUS de­ci­sion to over­turn abor­tion pro­tec­tions, AG Gar­land says states can't ban the abor­tion pill

Fol­low­ing the Supreme Court’s his­toric de­ci­sion on Fri­day to over­turn Amer­i­cans’ con­sti­tu­tion­al right to an abor­tion af­ter al­most 50 years, At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Mer­rick Gar­land sought to some­what re­as­sure women that states will not be able to ban the pre­scrip­tion drug some­times used for abor­tions.

Fol­low­ing the de­ci­sion, the New Eng­land Jour­nal of Med­i­cine al­so pub­lished an ed­i­to­r­i­al strong­ly con­demn­ing the re­ver­sal, say­ing it “serves Amer­i­can fam­i­lies poor­ly, putting their health, safe­ty, fi­nances, and fu­tures at risk.”

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