Nos. 23-235, 23-236 - Supreme Court of the United States - BRIEF OF THE WOMEN’S BAR ASSOCIATION

12 1 INTERESTS OF AMICUS CURIAE1 The Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia (WBA-DC) is one of the oldest women’s bar associations in the country. [...] Since 1917, the WBA- DC has advocated for the advancement of women and historically oppressed communities and upheld its mission to maintain the honor and integrity of the le- gal profession, promote the administration of justice, advance and protect the interests of women lawyers, promote their mutual improvement, and encourage a spirit of friendship. [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT The Fifth Circuit elevates allegations of highly speculative, if not nonexistent, injuries to a handful of doctors over real evidence of the harms its decision will inflict on millions of women and society as a whole. [...] Despite responding at length to the government’s arguments on standing, the Doctors failed even to mention the Church Amendments or to provide any explanation of why the federal conscience protections are insufficient to protect them from providing the abortion services they claim are at the root of the harm they have suffered as a result of the FDA’s actions on mifepristone. [...] Amicus members have personally ben- efited from access to abortion and relied on the guar- antee of bodily autonomy to advance their own careers and to promote the position of women in the legal field as a whole.