Dean Rebouche says no court has ruled on the scope of the Comstock Act, a pillar of anti-abortion strategy, likely sending abortion “right back to the Supreme Court.” Read More

Dean Rebouche pushes back against the “widespread conflation of discretion and defiance” regarding the FDA’s enforcement discretion should its approval of mifepristone be rolled back. Read More

A new generation of anti-abortion activists is not afraid to lose short-term battles in pursuit of their long-term goal: eliminating abortion from the country, says Dean Rachel Rebouche. Read More

Dean Rebouche and co-authors David S. Cohen and Priscilla Smith warn that the Comstock Act, at issue in the battle over abortion pills, “lacks democratic legitimacy given its passage when women and communities of color, especially Black women, were excluded from public life and participation.” Read More

Abortion regulation has become hyperlocal in towns like West Wendover, Nevada. Dean Rebouche says extreme variations in policy are the new norm as “theaters of conflict” multiply post-Dobbs. Read More

Dean Rebouche offers her take on the issues and possible outcomes as the 5th Circuit hears arguments about FDA approval of abortion medication and application of the Comstock Act to abortion care nationwide. Read More

Litigation over FDA approval of mifepristone presents “radically different versions” of the drug’s safety, says Dean Rebouche, and what the judges want to know about those differences will be important to both standing and questions about the FDA’s approval process. Read More

President Biden has issued an executive order “modernizing” regulatory review. Prof. Amy Sinden and co-author James Goodwin offer their analysis of its “people-first” approach. Read More

A closely watched case about pork production and the dormant commerce clause may not have the expected impact on abortion regulation, says Dean Rachel Rebouche. Read More

With abortion regulation returned to the states and strong public opposition to bans, Dean Rachel Rebouche says legislators are being forced into conversations they haven’t had before. Read More