{"id":4031,"date":"2026-09-09T15:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T22:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/?p=4031"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T22:05:32","slug":"appeals-court-skeptical-that-louisiana-can-sue-fda-over-mifepristone-being-mailed-into-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/09\/appeals-court-skeptical-that-louisiana-can-sue-fda-over-mifepristone-being-mailed-into-the-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeals Court Skeptical That Louisiana Can Sue FDA Over Mifepristone Being Mailed into the State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since <em>Dobbs <\/em>ended the constitutional right to abortion, activists opposed to the procedure have homed in on mifepristone in their quest not to \u201cleave it to the states,\u201d but to outlaw it everywhere. Many blue states have stood up shield laws to protect their providers when they prescribe mifepristone to patients in red ones. So far, when the red state has tried to prosecute the doctor \u2014 as when Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/news\/paxton-abortion-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">punish<\/a> New York doctor Margaret Carpenter in 2024 \u2014 the blue states have simply refused to extradite her or <a href=\"https:\/\/statecourtreport.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-11\/ulster_county_supreme_court-decision_order_and_judgement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enforce<\/a> the judgment. The bigger battle of state jurisdictions is inevitable, though, where shield laws will be held against states\u2019 constitutional obligation to enforce other states\u2019 judicial proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the anti-abortion activists at the tip of the spear are trying to run back 2024\u2019s failed effort again, this time in a slightly different outfit. If Wednesday\u2019s case, <em>Louisiana v. FDA<\/em>, makes its way up to the Supreme Court, the justices will again face an effort to restrict mifepristone for blue states as well as red ones, premised on the wobbliest of injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/news\/fifth-circuit-oral-argument-louisiana-mifepristone-abortion\">Talking Points Memo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since Dobbs ended the constitutional right to abortion, activists opposed to the procedure have homed in on mifepristone in their quest not to \u201cleave it to the states,\u201d but to outlaw it everywhere. Many blue states have stood up shield laws to protect their providers when they prescribe mifepristone to patients in red ones. &#8230; <a title=\"Appeals Court Skeptical That Louisiana Can Sue FDA Over Mifepristone Being Mailed into the State\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/09\/appeals-court-skeptical-that-louisiana-can-sue-fda-over-mifepristone-being-mailed-into-the-state\/\" aria-label=\"More on Appeals Court Skeptical That Louisiana Can Sue FDA Over Mifepristone Being Mailed into the State\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17,184,770,345,7,346,841],"class_list":["post-4031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-blue-states","tag-fifth-circuit-court","tag-louisiana-v-fda","tag-medication-abortion","tag-red-states","tag-shield-laws","tag-standing-issue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4032,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4031\/revisions\/4032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}