SCOTUS Rejects Challenge To Arkansas Abortion Law

Reuters reports:

In a setback to abortion rights advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday paved the way for Republican-backed restrictions on medication-induced abortions to take effect in Arkansas that could lead to the shuttering of two of the state’s three abortion clinics.

The nine justices declined to hear an appeal by abortion provider Planned Parenthood of a lower court ruling that had revived the state law, which sets regulations regarding the RU-486 “abortion pill,” after it was earlier struck down by a federal judge.

Breaking via @MSNBC: Supreme Court rejects challenge to Arkansas law restricting abortion by medication — “A big setback for #PlannedParenthood…This is the first time medication abortion has been blocked in any state.”

— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) May 29, 2018