2023-04-15 00:14:54
The White House has urged the Supreme Court to unblock any restrictions on access to the drug after the order issued by a federal judge in Texas and the judges have temporarily agreed
The swords are still high in USA for the abortion pill. He Justice Department I applied on Friday to supreme court to temporarily allow unrestricted access to the drug after a federal judge in Texas issued an order for invalidate the approval of the US Medicines Agency (FDA), to which the Supreme Court has temporarily agreed this Friday night.
Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. issued the temporary stay ensuring that the common abortion pill will continue to be widely available while the Supreme Court decides on the future of the case. The provisional suspension will expire at midnight on Wednesday, in a decision that is intended to maintain current order while judges study the briefs and rulings of lower courts.
The decision of Texan judge makes access to abortion even more complicated in the first world power, in the first case of this type that reaches the courts after the Supreme Court eliminated the right at the national level in June of last year and left the decision in the hands of each State.
The Administration had filed a emergency request requesting the nine members of the Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, to freeze a part of the blockade of an appeals court that limits access to the mifepristona, a resource in force since 2000 that is behind 54% of the interruptions of pregnancies in the US in combination with another medication, misoprostol. A few hours later, the court temporarily granted the petition of the White House.
At stake is the possible restriction of the abortion pill even in States where abortion continues to be legal, as part of a conservative scourge that has been gaining ground in much of the country after its repeal by the Supreme Court. Roe Vs Wade, the case that protected the right to abortion at the federal level since 1973.
According to the statement sent by the Government, the Texan judge “overturned an FDA scientific ruling that has stood through five administrations and vacated the approval of a drug that has been used safely by millions of Americans for more than two decades,” against the interests of a health system “which depends on the availability of mifepristone as an alternative to surgical abortion for women who choose to legally terminate their early pregnancies.”
The same president of the United States, Joe Biden, He indicated this week that it is a “safe and effective” treatment, calling the judge’s decision “extraordinary and unprecedented.” The magistrate in question, Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, appointed by former president Donald Trump, declared in early April that the FDA’s decision in 2000 was invalid and urged that the drug be withdrawn from the market. But last Wednesday, a panel of three judges from the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans issued a mixed decision, suspending the most radical aspects of the Kacsmaryk decision.
They left standing, however, certain requirements such as the need for a prior appointment with a doctor, reducing pill availability from the first 10 weeks of pregnancy to seven weeks, and prohibiting its distribution by mail. Those restrictions were to go into effect at 1 a.m. Saturday, until the immediate mediation of the Supreme has taken place. In any case, the decision is only postponed until Wednesday, period for the parties to present all their arguments. What is now is a temporary administrative suspension.
In addition to members of the government, several pharmaceutical companies have raised a cry in the sky for fear of more vetoes on drugs already approved by the FDA. Danco laboratories joined the petition to the Supreme Court, criticizing the judge’s decision before a decision, that of the FDA, backed at the time by dozens of clinical trials and taken more than 20 years ago. They say it’s a serious step backwards in terms of rights reproductive and women throughout the country.
For conservative groups, such as the Alliance in Defense of Freedom, they feel that justice has been done after an “illegal” decision that “endangers the health of women.” They urge the Supreme Court to maintain that order permanently. It should be remembered that Kacsmary once worked for him First Liberty Institute, one of the largest organizations for the defense of religious liberties. He is also a staunch opponent of abortion and the rights of the LGBTQ collective.
Since the repeal of Roe vs Wade, 18 of the 50 states have banned or significantly restricted abortion, and in 13 of those regions it is nearly impossible to complete, even in cases of rape or incest.
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