A federal appeals court on Wednesday said it would restrict access to a widely used abortion medication after finding that the federal government did not follow the proper process when it loosened regulations in 2016 to make the pill more easily available.
A three-judge panel of the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit said Food and Drug Administration decisions to allow the drug mifepristone to be taken later in pregnancy, be mailed directly to patients and be prescribed by a medical professional other than a doctor were not lawful.
Despite the court’s ruling against the government and the drug manufacturer, mifepristone will remain available for now under existing regulations while the litigation continues, in accordance with a Supreme Court ruling this spring. Wednesday’s decision is likely to be appealed to the Supreme Court.
Fuck these clowns.
But only with condoms, since we can’t access any other forms of birth control!
Be careful, next they’ll argue that since you could theoretically get a paper cut from the foil wrapper that it’s a safety risk and needs to be reevaluated.
I’m sure the three Federalist Society judges deciding this case will make an impartial decision based entirely on the relevant laws and precedents. /s
Edit: They ruled just the way I expected.
Just doesn’t make any sense. First of all, the whole concept of the complaint is absurd.
Claimed: It should be illegal because anti-abortion doctors might have to take care of a patient who suffers a complication from the medication?
What? No, seriously what the fuck?? This isn’t a claim.
Second, federalist society wants low taxes and regulations. What the fuck does this have to do with taxes and regulations? What does this have to do with the founding fathers? Why are they the federalist society if they oppose pretty much everything in the federalist papers explaining why we needed a federal govt and couldn’t rely on the state governments doing everything?
Clarence thomas regularly writes super short opinions that just point to the tenth amendment and scotus doesnt have jurisdiction.
Idk man, it’s just all so dumb it’s like a bad movie fml.
I’m pretty sure the Federalist Society wants whatever the far right wants.
History has shown that an infestation of conservatism cannot be cured by pacifism.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The legal battle over the medication has intensified since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade’s grant of a constitutional right to abortion last June, a decision that spurred multiple states to further limit or ban the procedure.
Kacsmaryk’s mifepristone opinion embraced language used by antiabortion activists, referring to abortion providers as “abortionists” and to fetuses and embryos as “unborn humans.”
The Justice Department, representing the FDA, and the drug manufacturer Danco Laboratories appealed Kacsmaryk’s ruling to the 5th Circuit.
They emphasized the FDA’s reliance on dozens of studies involving thousands of patients to approve the medication, which has been used by more than 5 million women.
Lawyers defending the drug said the antiabortion challengers had no legal right — or standing — to file the lawsuit because they were not directly harmed by the FDA’s approval of the abortion pill.
In an initial review of Kacsmaryk’s opinion, a separate three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit declined to suspend approval of mifepristone but reversed actions taken by the FDA since 2016 to loosen restrictions on how to obtain the medication.
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