Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration: A Pseudoscientific, Paternalistic Bid To Ban Medication Abortion Care

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April 3, 2024 Update

SCOTUS heard oral arguments for FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine on March 26, 2024, with a decision likely to be released in June. Importantly, SCOTUS will hear cert petitions from the FDA and Mifeprex manufacturer Danco Laboratories, but not the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. Due to a stay issued by the U.S.

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Seven Reasons Why Anti-Abortion Centers Are a Problem, Not a Solution

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Background

On December 1, 2021, the Supreme Court will hear arguments for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The case will weigh a Mississippi abortion ban and call into question the future of Roe v. Wade. In anticipation of Roe being overturned and abortion clinics subsequently being forced to close, anti-abortion centers (AACs) claim they are ready to absorb the burdens of people forced to carry a pregnancy to term.

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Unelected Lawmakers: Public Records Show How One Anti-Abortion Group Wields Extensive Power Over Arizona Policy

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After multiple failed attempts to pass state funding for anti-abortion centers (AACs) (also known as crisis pregnancy centers, or CPCs), Arizona state legislators tucked a line-item appropriation of $1.5 million for a "family health pilot program" for the fiscal year 2021–2022 into one of the state’s annual budget bills, which was recently signed into law on June 30, 2021, by Governor Doug Ducey.

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Mapping Deception: A Closer Look at How States’ Anti-Abortion Center Programs Operate

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Introduction

As of spring 2021, more than 2,500 anti-abortion centers, or AACs, (sometimes called “crisis pregnancy centers,” “CPCs,” or “pregnancy resource centers”) exist in the US. These AACs aim to deter people seeking abortions from receiving the medically accurate, non-judgmental healthcare they need.

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How January 2021's Terrorism at the U.S. Capitol is Inextricably Linked to the Anti-Abortion Movement

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On Wednesday, January 27, 2021, in the aftermath of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building, the Department of Homeland Security issued a terrorist alert warning of “ideologically-motivated violent extremists” who are fueled by false narratives and possess the ongoing ability to incite violence.

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The Heritage Foundation’s Health Department: How an Increasingly Radical Right Wing Think Tank Is Controlling HHS — to the Detriment of Reproductive Health and Other Human Rights

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Executive Summary

The Heritage Foundation brands itself as a think tank of establishment conservatives; as policy experts in the fields of economics and national security who align with the traditional Republican Party. This branding is a façade, as Heritage regularly spouts hateful ideas that are detrimental to LGBTQ individuals, women, people of color and low-income workers. 

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Human Life International: The Quiet Giant Underwriting Abortion Politics Abroad

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Executive Summary

Human Life International (HLI), a U.S. nonprofit based in Front Royal, Virginia, has spent decades quietly funding anti-abortion campaigns in foreign countries. HLI funds affiliated groups in nations where abortion is totally illegal or only legal in rare cases to preserve the life and health of the woman. In many of these areas, women are being jailed with decades-long sentences and are suffering enormous consequences under these laws. 

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