The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case on access to the abortion pill on March 26. (Jim Small/Arizona Mirror)
Two dozen Democratic attorneys general from Oregon, Washington and across the country urged the U.S. Supreme Court to maintain current regulations on the abortion pill in a pending case.
The high court will consider a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that would reinstitute requirements initially enacted by the Food and Drug Administration when it approved the pill, mifepristone, in 2000. The FDA required providers to see patients three times and prescribe the drug in person. In 2016, the agency relaxed those requirements, allowing the medication to be prescribed through telehealth appointments and sent by mail, making it more widely available.
The Democratic attorneys general filed their brief in the case this week. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case on March 26 .
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said in a release on Wednesday that a decision to turn the clock back to 2016 would be wrong.