Federal appeals court rolls back access to abortion pill

A federal appeals court has rolled back access to a commonly used abortion pill, mifepristone, by upholding parts of a lower court ruling, but the drug will remain on the market for now. NBC News' Laura Jarrett has details on the decision.


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#Abortion #AbortionRights #Abortionpill

[_sillyeyes_]

They didn't seem to care much about "safety" when they lay down barbed wire all over the border for pregnant women to become helplessly tangled in.

[wayausofbounds]

So a group of doctors, about 1% of republican doctors in the US has stopped access to a drug for half the population of the US. That seems like a very republican thing to do.

[DannyEastVillage]

isn't this great? the courts telling you what FDA-approved medications you are allowed to take. Is that practicing medicine without a license? Had enough, ladies? Well, then, you know what to do.

[Earthbound]

Two steps forward three steps back. -- "D" to go forward, "R" to go back .💙

[markstocker]

Get government off the backs of businesses and put it into people's bedrooms - The GOP

[blautens]

Judge's ruling on medical safety - lovely.

[dianebennett]

As a Canadian I am appalled at what the USA has done to women. If a woman is forced to carry a dead baby to term there is something seriously wrong with White American Old Men. This is not just about abortion. This is about vital care that women need when they are going through the most traumatic situations possible. Such cruelty, yes CRUELTY should be illegal! This not only affects women who do not wish to have a baby but for women who desperately want a baby but the pregnancy is not viable. How can torture such as this be legal???? All Republicans should be ashamed of themselves. My heart goes out to all women in the USA because you never know when it going to happen to you and it will be illegal for you to get the care you need and in fact can be life threatening! Those White Republican Men Idiots need to get over themselves!!!!

[throwuout]

It’s not a LAWYERS job to determine what’s medically safe the fda is the gold standard this is absurd

[spinthis]

Personal individual morality should NOT be decided by the court unless it harms other living people and their constitutional rights.

[tuckernaughton]

Thanks for handing us the 2024 election, GOP. You never learn and we Americans are grateful for that.

[tomcassidy]

does the gop think that .. woman will not come out to vote in 2024

[Crayzeecatlady]

Lots of Trump trolls in the comment section are just triggered by his 4th indictment in 4 months.

[TheNervousnation]

Imagine if they did this with opioids.

[Averagetim]

No practical impact. Limiting access is impact.

[BrattyBetty]

"I did not used to think I wanted to be a Supreme Court justice. Even the power seemed limited at best. If you got into the legal business because your passion was yanking rights out from under people, like rugs, you could not simply do it willy-nilly. You had to wait around for a case to arise, involving actual people, before you could weigh in. But I did not know about all the perks! I did not know you got assigned a personal billionaire (or several) and got to live the lifestyle of one of America’s wealthier car dealers. Exclusive golf club access! Sports tickets in fancy boxes! All the football you can eat! RVs! Yachts! Helicopters! It’s a miracle the justices manage to take any rights away from anyone! They are always off on vacation somewhere, on someone else’s dime — indeed, I would not call this living on someone else’s dime. There is no way a dime covers all this!" - - Alexandra Petri Opinions- The Washington Post

[dodiewallace]

This make sense if women are not autonomous humans who belong to themselves. How else to explain how when we don’t have the right to violate BA even to save undeniably living, breathing, sentient children we have the right to do so to save not yet sentient embryos and zygotes? It must be because being inside a woman makes it ok.

[phoenixvette]

The United States was founded on the separation of church and state.
The United States has ruled a religious point of view is more important than human rights.

[cecilelaforce]

Regarding the Fifth Circuit Ruling today of Mifepristone: Since the Fifth Circuit Judges have no slightest knowledge of medicine, side effects and mortality statistics, or FDA approval. I do. I will be showing up Monday morning at your court to take over your judgeship moving forward. After all, rules and regulations of law are trivial bookwork.

[liblib]

Oh really since when did the government start thinking about safety ?? Or is it for the insurance and doctors to remain in business !!

[boorockomamba]

So many reasons to vote Blue,
so many reasons to NOT vote Red.