After Roe ruling, Garland gears up for the next legal battles
In decrying historic legal decision, the attorney general vows to fight on several abortion-related fronts
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By Devlin Barrett
June 24, 2022 at 3:14 p.m. EDT
Attorney General Merrick Garland signaled Friday that in response to the Supreme Court’s historic decision allowing states to limit or ban abortions, the Justice Department is preparing for legal battles on a host of related issues — from women traveling to states where the procedures are legal, to accessing pills that can induce abortions....
Garland said “bedrock constitutional principles” protect women’s rights to seek reproductive care in states where abortions remain legal. New York’s Democratic governor, Kathy Hochul, immediately declared her state a “safe harbor” for those seeking abortions.
Garland also signaled that abortion counseling services must be allowed even in states where abortion is banned, calling it a “fundamental” principle of the First Amendment that “individuals must remain free to inform and counsel each other about the reproductive care that is available in other states.”...
Garland said the department is ready to work with the FDA to ensure American women have access to Mifepristone, often referred to as the abortion pill.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/24/garland-abortion-justice-ru486/