Justices Alito and Thomas Say Accessing This Safe Medication Should Be a Crime

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Want more Amicus? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes with exclusive legal analysis. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Join at slate.com/youtubeplus?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=link&utm_content=Amicus&utm_campaign=show_description&tpcc=youtube-link-show_description-Amicus This week on Amicus, host Mark Joseph Stern breaks down a whirlwind stretch of reproductive rights legal battles, from the Fifth Circuit's sweeping nationwide ban on telehealth medication abortion, to the Supreme Court's emergency order blocking it. Madiba Dennie (Deputy Editor, Balls and Strikes; and author of The Originalism Trap) joins to explain what the furious dissents from Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito reveal about where this is all headed. Podcast production by Sara Burningham and Sophie Summergrad // Video production by Micah Phillips