{"id":2002862,"date":"2023-08-16T17:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T21:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-the-5th-circuit-ruling-does-to-the-abortion-drug-mifepristone\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T17:52:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T21:52:38","slug":"what-the-5th-circuit-ruling-does-to-the-abortion-drug-mifepristone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-the-5th-circuit-ruling-does-to-the-abortion-drug-mifepristone\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5th Circuit ruling impacts mifepristone, an abortion drug."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-the-5th-circuit-ruling-does-to-the-abortion-drug-mifepristone%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2002862&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Fate of \u200cthe Abortion Pill: Court\u200d Ruling Restores Restrictions<\/h2>\n<p>The\u200c U.S. Court of\u200d Appeals for the 5th Circuit issued a long-awaited ruling on Wednesday regarding the \u200bcontroversial abortion pill, mifepristone. While\u2062 the ruling would have restored several restrictions and revoked mail-order prescriptions \u200cof\u2064 the medication, a stay order issued by the Supreme Court \u200dhas put these changes on hold.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no immediate effect for the 5th\u2063 circuit decision, but I do think \u200dit puts the FDA on notice as well as \u200dgives women a reason to maybe think twice about taking\u200d mifepristone, unsupervised [and] certainly through the mail,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Alliance Defending \u200dFreedom Senior Counsel Erin\u2064 Hawley<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Original Approval and Loosened Restrictions<\/h3>\n<p>The FDA initially approved mifepristone in 2000 under \u2062strict conditions, including the requirement of a physician examination, in-person administration, and a follow-up appointment. Physicians were also required to report any nonfatal \u2063adverse effects. However, in 2016, the FDA loosened these restrictions, extending\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-fetterman-holds-rally-with-planned-parenthood-leadership\/\" title=\"John Fetterman Holds Rally With Planned Parenthood Leadership\">gestational age limit<\/a> and \u200ballowing mail-order dispensing of the medication during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<h3>The Supreme\u200c Court&#8217;s Involvement<\/h3>\n<p>In April, the Supreme Court issued an emergency ruling blocking the \u200denforcement of a ban on mifepristone after a U.S. District\u2062 Judge suspended the FDA&#8217;s 2000 approval.\u2062 The recent\u200c ruling by the 5th Circuit partially\u200b upholds \u2062the suspension of\u200d mail-order prescriptions but also reinstates the pre-2016 restrictions, including\u2062 the seven-week gestational limit.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The\u200b FDA&#8217;s unprecedented\u2062 and unlawful actions did not reflect scientific judgment but rather <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-the-5th-circuit-ruling-does-to-the-abortion-drug-mifepristone\/\" title=\"The 5th Circuit ruling impacts mifepristone, an abortion drug.\">revealed politically driven decisions<\/a> to dangerous drug regimen without regard to women&#8217;s health, or the rule of \u2063law,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Erin Hawley<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sen. \u2063Bob Menendez criticized the ruling, calling it an &#8220;all-out assault\u2064 on \u2064women&#8217;s \u200dreproductive healthcare.&#8221; Planned Parenthood \u2063also emphasized \u2063that the 5th Circuit&#8217;s ruling is\u200c not immediately applicable due to the Supreme Court&#8217;s emergency stay.<\/p>\n<h3>Reactions and Potential Challenges<\/h3>\n<p>Susan B. \u2062Anthony Pro-Life \u200bAmerica celebrated the ruling \u200das a victory for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/were-willing-to-lay-our-lives-down-inside-the-effort-to-save-babies-at-planned-parenthoods-front-doors\/\" title=\"\u2018We\u2019re Willing To Lay Our Lives Down\u2019: Inside The Effort To Save Babies At Planned Parenthood\u2019s Front Doors\">anti-abortion movement<\/a>. \u200cHowever, the Center for Reproductive Rights and NARAL \u200bexpressed\u2063 their intention \u200dto challenge the ruling at the Supreme Court level.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This appeals court decision sets up\u200b a showdown at the Supreme Court\u200d over baseless attacks on\u200d medication abortion, which has been a lifeline since the high court\u2062 reversed Roe last year,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Nancy Northup, President and\u200b CEO of \u2062the Center for Reproductive Rights<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As for the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, they are currently assessing the decision\u2062 and have\u2062 not finalized any plans for an appeal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> \u200dto read more from The Washington \u200bExaminer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals&#8217; ruling on mifepristone, the abortion pill, would impose restrictions and end mail prescriptions. 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