Abortion pill access threatened in Nevada amid legal uncertainty
Drug distributor AmerisourceBergen, the sole supplier of the pills to all pharmacies, is accused of taking an approach that could limit access. Read more at Politico
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Here’s What Happens If Trump Judge Ends Access To Critical Abortion Drug Nationwide
The case, ACLU senior staff attorney Lorie Chaiten told Rolling Stone in January, should never have made it this far: “It is baseless… It’s time-barred. It has enormous jurisdictional defects. In the normal world, this case gets dismissed.” According to the FDA, more than 3.7 million Americans have used mifepristone, which is taken together with … Read more
Judge in Texas sounds sympathetic to efforts to pull Mifepristone from market – round-up
Protesters denounce ‘kangaroo court’ after high-stakes Texas abortion pill hearing Organizers encouraged protesters to don kangaroo costumes in a denunciation of what they view as bogus legal claims before a highly ideological judge known for his anti-abortion views. Jaime Cruz, 23, heeded the call, arriving in costume and with a gavel in hand. “What’s going … Read more
‘It’s a war’: the doctor who wants Americans to get abortion pills before it’s too late
But in the meantime, she wants people to stock up on the drugs currently available to them, fast. “Don’t wait for the decision. Just get the medication now, get it in your house, get it in your hands,” she says. “If you’re in a war zone, and the war is coming, you also make sure … Read more
Editorial: Abortion opponents are trying to revoke FDA approval of a drug. That’s scary
If the judge revokes the FDA’s authorization of mifepristone, lawyers believe that would be unprecedented. “We are not aware of any case in which a court has removed a drug from the market over FDA’s objection,” a group of food and drug law scholars wrote in an amicus brief for the FDA. Read more at … Read more
Why an ulcer drug could be the last option for many abortion patients
If the judge overturns the approval of that protocol, Brink says the Wichita clinic will only be able to offer patients either a surgical abortion or misoprostol alone. For now, that means preparing the staff with extra training on how to communicate to patients about the impact of the new protocol if they’re forced to … Read more
Harris says challenge to abortion pills an attack on science and public health
Vice President Kamala Harris warned Friday that a looming Texas court decision threatening access to abortion pills is an attack on a “fundamental freedom” of access to health care. Read more at The Hill
Red states v FDA about the legality of mifepristerone
The Legal Decision That Could Rewrite the Abortion Battle—Again But in the courts, battles are raging on a near-constant basis. This week, abortion advocates and opponents alike have their eyes trained on Texas, where a federal court presided over by a Donald Trump–appointed judge could soon move to block the distribution of mifepristone, an FDA-approved … Read more
Senators ask drugmaker to list miscarriage as a use for abortion pill
“We know that even when abortion was available everywhere, poor people and minority women did not have access to this kind of care,” she said. “Medicare and Medicaid did not fund abortions. This whole situation has been exacerbated with this wholesale attack on a person’s reproductive decisions — anti-abortion people are doing everything they can … Read more
Abortion: twenty states threaten to sue CVS and Walgreens over mail-order pills
Attorneys general in 20 conservative-led states have warned CVS and Walgreens that they could face legal consequences if they sell abortion pills by mail in those states. Read more at The Guardian