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FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine

Decided
Docket:23-719
Fifth Circuit
Argued March 26, 2024
Decided June 13, 2024
Question Presented

Whether respondents have Article III standing to challenge FDA's 2016 and 2021 regulatory actions regarding mifepristone.

Plain English Summary

The Court unanimously held that the plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge FDA actions expanding access to the abortion drug mifepristone. The doctors and organizations failed to show they suffered concrete injury from the FDA's decisions.

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Case Timeline

Certiorari Granted

Supreme Court agreed to hear the case

Oral Arguments

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Case argued before the Court

Mar 26, 2024

Opinion Issued

Court's decision released

Jun 13, 2024