Federal judges seem open to restricting access to mifepristone abortion pill
A case like this is without precedent and, former FDA commissioners have warned in court-submitted briefs, could severely impair the agency. Pharmaceutical companies have also suggested that revoking mifepristone’s approval could discourage them from bringing new drugs to market.
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Federal judges grill Biden administration on abortion pill
The American Medical Association and other leading health groups, as well as the pharmaceutical industry, have warned that a win for the challengers would invite ideological challenges to a host of medications — from contraception to Covid shots — and deter companies from developing and marketing new cures out of fear that FDA approval could someday be second-guessed and overturned by courts.
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Judge Chides Abortion Pill Lawyer for Being Mean to Trump Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk
Advocates for reproductive rights were not optimistic going into the hearing. “We know that the Fifth Circuit in general is incredibly hostile to abortion, and the judges who have been assigned to this case happen to be particularly conservative,” Jennifer Dalven, Director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, said Monday on a call with reporters. She added that some have gone so far to call the three jurists “one of the worst panels of judges that could have been assembled” from the perspective of anyone hoping to protect access to the abortion pill.
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Right-Wing Judges Mulling Restricting Abortion Drug: Isn’t The Real Problem Here How Mean You All Were To Kacsmaryk?
A panel of 5th Circuit Court of Appeals judges — all Republican appointees — unapologetically carried water for the anti-abortion litigants Wednesday during oral arguments in a case where those litigants are trying to get an abortion pill, mifepristone, yanked from the market.
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Conservative judges hear challenge to abortion pill access in controversial lawsuit
“This case should’ve been laughed out of court from the start – it has no basis in science, it has no basis in law, it’s been roundly criticized by experts from across the ideological spectrum,” Dalven said during a virtual briefing with reporters. “But we’re living in strange times, and some judges have shown that they’re willing to blatantly ignore the rule of law to achieve their own ideological goals.”
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