{"id":308986,"date":"2024-03-21T16:34:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T21:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=308986"},"modified":"2024-03-24T22:45:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T03:45:42","slug":"separating-fact-fiction-supreme-court-abortion-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/separating-fact-fiction-supreme-court-abortion-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"Separating fact from fiction in the Supreme Court’s upcoming abortion pill case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An abortion pill lawsuit set to be heard before the United States Supreme Court on March 26, 2024, will not<\/strong><\/em> result in the removal of the drug from the market, as some have suggested. Here’s what you need to know…<\/p>\n

FACT: Abortion drugs have been available since approval<\/a> in 2000 and will continue to be available after the case is heard<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The case, Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (AHM) v. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), <\/em>challenges the FDA’s more recent expansion of the drug mifepristone (Mifeprex). AHM Plaintiffs are represented by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).<\/p>\n

The FDA’s more recent<\/em> expansions of the drug occurred when the FDA moved away from the required in-person visits to obtain the pills (where medical professionals would likely provide more comprehensive medical assessments or examinations prior to prescribing the pills), to approving the dispensing of abortion drugs virtually, by mail, or at the pharmacy counter \u2014 where little to no time would be spent evaluating the client.<\/p>\n

In AHM’s abortion pill lawsuit, \u201cThe Court is reviewing the FDA\u2019s recklessness in removing nearly all its original safety standards for the use of abortion drugs to the detriment of women\u2019s health and safety. Regardless of the outcome, abortion drugs will remain available in the United States. We are simply asking the Court to reinstate the original standards that were in effect for over 15 years,\u201d Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erik Baptist told Live Action News.<\/p>\n

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The abortion industry wants you to believe certain narratives about our upcoming Supreme Court case against the FDA.<\/p>\n

It's time to separate myth from fact. Let's dive in \ud83e\uddf5<\/p>\n

— Alliance Defending Freedom (@ADFLegal) March 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n