A majority of Democrats in the House and Senate submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on Monday seeking to protect access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Forty-seven Democratic senators and 212 House members urged the high court to overturn the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling reinstating an in-person requirement to obtain mifepristone, which has not been enforced in five years. “The Fifth Circuit’s Order should be stayed because the relief it granted has no basis in law, threatens the congressionally-mandated evidence-based process for drug-regulatory decisions, and poses a serious health risk to pregnant individuals,” Democrats wrote in the brief. “Mifepristone, which patients have used for more than 25 years as part of the most common and recommended regimen for medication abortion, should not be made more difficult to access across the entire country,” they added. It follows a Monday order from Justice Samuel Alito, who briefly halted the ruling that would prevent the abortion pill from being prescribed without an in-person doctor visit.
I do give a shit about abortion access, I can see now how my comment may have suggested otherwise. Glad they are making a stand, just wondering why none of those other issues have prompted such unity
You couldn’t have known this, but you’re talking to someone who was around for Roe v. Wade back in the 70s: all this is new to a lot of younger folks, but for many of us, it’s been established canon for over fifty years.
Not just women, but men too: it wasn’t part of our exchange, but birth control and abortion access are two sides of the same coin, and at the time of Roe V. Wade widely available birth control was also fairly new. I wasn’t quite old enough to be personally affected, but spent time around many who were rigorously testing the limits of these newly available methods, so it’s never been a question for me: letting women control their own fertility is best for everyone, bar none except those wanting to exploit other humans in one way or another.
To me these are all literally the same issue – can’t have widespread exploitation without poors to exploit, and blocking abortion is just the start of ensuring that long, long pipeline of bodies – but regardless I’m glad to hear you weren’t just trolling, and am encouraged that you’ve given this some thought. Thanks for letting me know.
I hear ya. I just think that for dems many, MANY, HOLY FUCK OH SO MANY faults, in a decent world they could walk and chew gum.