{"id":210282,"date":"2019-09-12T10:20:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T15:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=210282"},"modified":"2019-09-11T20:23:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T01:23:47","slug":"dutch-abortionist-sues-fda-illegal-abortion-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/dutch-abortionist-sues-fda-illegal-abortion-pills\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch abortionist sues FDA for seizing her illegally distributed abortion pills"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Amsterdam-based abortionist who prescribes abortion pills to clients over the internet is suing the FDA for seizing abortion pills she illegally prescribed to U.S. patients after she violated an FDA cease and desist letter.<\/p>\n

Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, an abortionist who once plied her trade by boat<\/a> but later moved her business model to the internet and even drones<\/a>, together with her lawyer Richard Hearn, filed the federal lawsuit in Idaho Monday. Gomperts claims that by cracking down on the illegal distribution of abortion pills, the government is denying women a \u201cconstitutionally protected right to terminate their unwanted pregnancies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gomperts believes that the government’s enforcement of the law is \u201ca form of intimidation that is quite severe,\u201d according to NPR<\/a>, a news organization that has published a series<\/a> of reports<\/a> this year apparently designed to raise questions about the FDA\u2019s restrictions on the abortion pill. \u201cI would say a form of bullying. And so I think it’s very important to stand up against it,\u201d Gomperts added.<\/p>\n

Currently, the FDA has placed mifepristone<\/a> in the database (called REMS) that allows only doctors who are able to give appropriate screening and follow-up care to their patients to prescribe the abortion pill. As Live Action News has reported<\/a>, removing safeguards puts women at greater risk of complications, including the risk of undiagnosed ectopic<\/a> pregnancy, which can be fatal. In addition, less regulation of the pill could make women more vulnerable to abuse, rape, and human trafficking. And a Live Action investigative<\/a> series<\/a> has shown that several organizations who stand to profit financially have been backing biased studies designed to build a case against the FDA\u2019s REMS restrictions.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Former FDA Commissioner wants to relax abortion pill restrictions. This is a very bad idea.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n