The United States Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in a controversial case regarding pills that are used to carry out abortions.
Fox News reports that the justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments in the case on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.
“Oral arguments are scheduled for Tuesday with a ruling expected about three months later, with the race for the next president in full swing,” the outlet reports.
Fox describes the case as having “high stakes,” noting that the justices ruling could have “enormous legal, social, and political implications.”
Recently, the justices overturned the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade.
The ruling returned the controversial abortion issue back to the American people and their state legislatures.
The case that the justices will hear on Tuesday is a different kind of abortion case, however.
The case – FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine – has to do with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) removal of safety restrictions for the abortion pill mifepristone.
The lawsuit has been brought against the U.S. government by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).
Erik Baptist, one of the group’s senior counselors, recently issued a statement on the matter.
In the statement, Baptist said: