Public opposition to mifepristone restrictions
What they say
Lawler said he had pushed back against efforts to ban access to mifepristone.
What the record shows ·
In his December 13, 2023 office statement, Lawler urged the Supreme Court not to restrict mifepristone through the case it had agreed to hear. On March 26, 2024 he again opposed a potential ruling banning or limiting access. These contemporaneous statements document public advocacy before the debate.
Limit: His own published statements directly establish public advocacy on this case. They do not establish a filed brief, an enacted protection, judicial causation or opposition to every possible restriction. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.