The main front in the abortion debate has pingponged from state to state since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, but the battleground for now can be found in the remote Texas Panhandle.
Both sides won a reprieve last week when Judge Kacsmaryk moved the filing deadline in the case from Friday to Feb. 24 to accommodate a motion to intervene from Danco Laboratories, the pharmaceutical company that makes mifepristone.
Pro-choice advocates say the process is “safer than Tylenol,” while pro-life activists argue that the pills are four times more likely to cause complications than surgical abortions and the FDA rushed through its approval for political reasons. The FDA has eased limits on the pills over the years. In 2016, the agency raised the gestational age from seven to 10 weeks, reduced the number of in-person office visits from three to one, allowed medical professionals who aren’t doctors to prescribe the drugs, and eliminated the requirement to report nonfatal complications.
“Blocking access to this safe and effective medication is a dangerous attack on reproductive freedom and public health,” Ms. James said. “Decades of medical and clinical research have proven that medication abortion is safe. Despite these facts and its widespread use, we know this is not a debate about science. Access to safe reproductive healthcare could be in jeopardy for millions of Americans because of a baseless lawsuit.
At the protests, Ms. Carmona warned of protests if Judge Kacsmaryk rules against the FDA. Any decision is virtually certain to be appealed by the losing side.
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