Abortion Case Could Harm Womens' Health and Upset Pharma Markets

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Access to telehealth -- which the Fifth Circuit's order would limit -- is especially important to patients who don't live close to abortion services, including those who live in states where abortion remains illegal, and who rely on prescriptions sent by providers in states with abortion shield laws.
56% : v. United States Food & Drug Admin., 5th Cir., 23-10362, 8/16/23.
52% : A ruling for the challenges may further the high court's project of dismantling the administrative state.
51% : In 2016, after reviewing overwhelming evidence of mifepristone's efficacy and safety, the FDA removed the requirement for follow-up appointments, permitted the drug's use in pregnancies up to 10 weeks in duration, and allowed non-physician clinicians to prescribe it.
50% : Although the original approval of mifepristone and application of the Comstock Act aren't now before the Supreme Court, a decision affirming the Fifth Circuit's ruling will have enormous ramifications for reproductive health.
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44% : Explaining why the courts shouldn't upset the restrictions on mifepristone that were then in place, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that "courts owe significant deference to the politically accountable entities with the 'background, competence, and expertise to assess public health."In the three years since, the court's majority has repeatedly rejected his advice, denying deference to the expert decisions of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
43% : He also found the FDA's actions were likely arbitrary and capricious in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act and the Comstock Act, a 19th-century law that prohibits distribution via mail of drugs and instruments used to support abortions.

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