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New York City Leads Coalition of Cities Urging Supreme Court to Safeguard Access to Medication Abortion

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Corporation Counsel Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix today announced that the City of New York is co-leading a coalition of six localities from across the country in filing another amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect access to mifepristone — a medication that millions of Americans use each year for medication abortions and miscarriage management. In December 2023, the Supreme Court granted the Biden administration’s request to review an opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which would have restricted access to mifepristone. Today’s amicus brief underscores how the Fifth Circuit’s decision can have a direct impact on New York City’s health care system and the city’s ability to provide essential reproductive health services, including medication abortions, to those seeking care.

By Barbra
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