Question
The Democrats’ 2022 midterm performance was deemed a product of an “effect” named for this legal decision by Twitter user ettingermentum. For 10 points each:
[10e] Samuel Alito’s opinion in what case was leaked a month before it effected “trigger laws” nationwide?
ANSWER: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
[10m] Legal battles on abortion access post-Dobbs included Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s suspension of FDA approval of this “abortion pill.” The DOJ used Comstock laws to uphold this contraceptive’s mail delivery in 2022.
ANSWER: mifepristone [or RU-486]
[10h] Upon his inauguration, Biden rescinded this government policy blocking federal funding to any NGO that advocates abortion internationally. This policy, nicknamed for a foreign capital, has been rescinded and reinstated by each new Democrat and Republican administration since its introduction by Reagan in 1985.
ANSWER: Mexico City policy [or global gag rule]
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