The President's Administration Asks Supreme Court to Restore Ban on At-Home Use of Dangerous Abortion Pills

Calvin Freiburger : Aug 27, 2020
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"According to the FDA's adverse event reporting system, the abortion pill has resulted in over 4,000 reported adverse events since 2000, including 24 maternal deaths..." -from an Open Letter sent to FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn

(Washington, DC) – [LifeSiteNews.com] The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court Wednesday to restore federal regulations banning the abortion pill from being administered without an in-person doctor's visit. (Image: via LifeSiteNews)

Last month, District Judge Theodore Chuang agreed to the left-wing American Civil Liberties Union's (ACLU's) request to allow mifepristone, the first half of the chemical abortion cocktail RU-486, to be taken at home without medical supervision, arguing that the requirement posed a "substantial obstacle" during a pandemic, and ruled that, "particularly in light of the limited timeframe during which a medication abortion or any abortion must occur."

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) appealed the ruling, and now the Justice Department is calling on the nation's highest court to render an immediate verdict on the temporary suspension, CNBC reports.

"By suspending enforcement of the safety requirements on a nationwide basis, the district court has irreparably harmed both the government and the public more generally," the department argued. "Even if the FDA ultimately prevails on the merits, the risks to patients, and any harms that materialize, cannot be undone. Those costs outweigh any burdens associated with a one-time clinic visit to receive a drug that is merely one means of obtaining an abortion."

"We shouldn't have to go to court to defend health and safety standards endorsed by the FDA so that women won't die or be harmed by chemical abortion pills, but here we are again in court, thanks in part to the ACLU," responded Students for Life of America president Kristan Hawkins... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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