SCOTUS: Throw out the theoretical case against Mifepristone.
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Anti-abortion groups are claiming—using very dubious, now-retracted ‘studies’—that Texas and the extremist judge are trying to protect women from mifepristone, which is safer than Tylenol. If you rule in their favor, the most pressing problem would be the requirement that doctors dispense mifepristone in person. This threatens more women's lives. Since Dobbs, more than 65,000 pregnancies were due to rape. 47% maternal mortality rates in states with abortion bans. Infant mortality rates are skyrocketing. These deaths are on your hands.
What’s more, a ruling in favor of anti-abortion activists undercutting the FDA’s authority would also have a tremendous impact on medical and pharmaceutical industries.
From The Guardian:
“If the agency’s decisions can be undone by a judge or it can be sued by any group who outlines theoretical harm, it opens the doors for judges to make medical decisions and for nearly anyone opposed to a drug to sue.”
Throw out this theoretical case. We do not pay your salaries to rule over theoretical cases. If you choose to hear this case, do not side with the extremist judge and dismantle the FDA. Corporations only benefit when they have all the money in the world to sue. Stop undercutting our protections and calling it constitutional. We remember the Dobbs case.
Dubious claims to get you to see this theoretical claim:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-publisher-retracts-studies-cited-by-texas-judge-suspending-abortion-pills-2024-02-06/
Guardian article:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/25/abortion-pill-case-fda
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