Susan Rinkunas has a newsletter: Me in December when SCOTUS took the abortion pill case:

Me in December when SCOTUS took the abortion pill case:

The Supreme Court took another abortion case, but the real threat is the media narrative. SCOTUS will likely swat the sham lawsuit away on standing grounds, earning it headlines about “protecting abortion.” But it won’t change the fact that a GOP president could still enact a national ban in 2025

Abortion Access Will, Once Again, Be Decided by the Supreme Courtjezebel.com Experts think SCOTUS will rule against a challenge to mifepristone—which could trick voters into believing they “protected abortion” in a crucial election year.

Me in December when SCOTUS took the abortion pill case:

That kind of coverage of the SCOTUS decision will be weaponized by politicians who want to act like abortion won’t be banned if people vote for Republicans, or stay home. It’s Trump saying “there’s nothing happening there” re: Amy Coney Barrett all over again jezebel.com/abortion-acc...

The award for worst coverage of the mifepristone case so far goes to the Washington Post. SCOTUS didn’t weigh in on restricting access to the abortion pill—because these plaintiffs couldn’t legally sue over it. The legal threat remains. "Full access?" More than a dozen states ban abortion incl pills

Don't be lulled into a false sense of complacency. A national abortion ban—via Comstock or fetal personhood—is still a threat. We haven't seen the ruling in the second abortion case yet bsky.app/profile/susa...

Need people to prepare themselves for the possibility that the Supreme Court will release rulings in its two abortion cases on the same day—or same week—for cynical narrative purposes. If they do this, it would be to trick reporters into calling them "moderate" www.susanrinkunas.com/a-cynical-su...

Anticipating a Cynical Supreme Court Move on Abortionwww.susanrinkunas.com What to expect when you're expecting two abortion rulings? Maybe some damage control.

ACLU senior staff attorney Julia Kaye during a press call on mifepristone ruling: "We should not be dazzled by the fact that the Supreme Court did the right thing here. The question of whether these anti-abortion groups had legal standing to bring this case was an easy one."

i feel like this is a piece of bread at the circus before they feed the lions

Yup. This screams, "We're dying to ban it, but we need a better pretext. Please bring us one." (Kacsmaryk is on line 2.)

You do not under any circumstances gotta hand it to them.

Is there any incentive for pharmaceutical companies to sue?

Danco, the brand-name manufacturer of mifepristone was a party here, and argued alongside the FDA in court against the anti-abortion doctors. and other pharma companies submitted briefs saying challenges to FDA authority would cause chaos

Bull's eye

🙌 Good call.

Important qualifier on SCOTUS abortion decision