Rare All-Female Lineup to Argue Supreme Court Abortion Pill Case

All three advocates arguing one of the term’s most closely watched cases over the availability of the abortion drug mifepristone are women, a rare occurrence at the US Supreme Court where male attorneys vastly outnumber their female counterparts.

US Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar will defend the Food and Drug Administration’s lifting of certain safety measures for administering the drug. Representing drug maker Danco Laboratories is Hogan Lovells partner Jessica Ellsworth.

On the other side is Alliance Defending Freedom’s Erin Hawley, wife of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who will argue on behalf of a group of anti-abortion doctors challenging agency action in ...