{"id":2073036,"date":"2023-10-19T12:48:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T16:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doctor-groups-ask-supreme-court-to-target-fda-abortion-drug-approval\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T12:50:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T16:50:58","slug":"doctor-groups-ask-supreme-court-to-target-fda-abortion-drug-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doctor-groups-ask-supreme-court-to-target-fda-abortion-drug-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor groups urge Supreme Court to focus on FDA approval of 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\">26<\/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%2Fdoctor-groups-ask-supreme-court-to-target-fda-abortion-drug-approval%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=2073036&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Doctors&#8217; \u2063Groups Petition Supreme Court to Strike Down FDA Approval of Abortion Drug<\/h2>\n<p>Several doctors&#8217; groups have filed court papers\u2064 with the U.S. Supreme Court that ask the justices to strike down the U.S. Food and Drug \u2062Administration&#8217;s (FDA) approval of the abortion drug \u2062mifepristone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine and other physician groups \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/23\/23-395\/284803\/20231012115146293_23-235%20%2023-236%20Conditional%20Cross%20Cert%20Petition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a> in a Supreme\u200d Court petition last week that\u200d the health agency approved \u200bthe drug under\u2063 a process that was designed for drugs meant to treat illnesses. They said \u200cpregnancy is \u200ca &#8220;natural\u2064 process that many women experience,&#8221; and not an illness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The Louisiana-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the\u2063 5th Circuit in August <a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedialegalfiles.blob.core.windows.net\/files\/AHM-5thCircuitRuling.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruled<\/a> \u200bthat the FDA has to \u2063restore safeguards \u2062for chemical \u2064abortion drugs and\u2062 not allow them to \u200bbe shipped by mail across the United States. The Department of Justice and the drug maker, Danco, filed petitions with the Supreme Court and asked \u2063the\u2064 justices to hear their case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-4 sm:line-clamp-3\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/supreme-court-opinion-doesnt-change-plans-to-regulate-oil-gas-emissions-guilbeault-5511882?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-sm sm:text-base\">Supreme Court Opinion Doesn&#8217;t Change Plans \u2062to Regulate Oil, Gas Emissions: \u2062Guilbeault<\/h3>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/17\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[70px] sm:basis-[120px]\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/supreme-court-opinion-doesnt-change-plans-to-regulate-oil-gas-emissions-guilbeault-5511882?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">\n<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" https:><\/source><source type=\"image\/*\" https:><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-4 sm:line-clamp-3\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/us-supreme-court-declines-to-take-on-major-car-dealers-case-5511823?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-sm sm:text-base\">US Supreme Court Declines to \u2062Take on Major Car Dealers&#8217;\u2064 Case<\/h3>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/17\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[70px] sm:basis-[120px]\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/us-supreme-court-declines-to-take-on-major-car-dealers-case-5511823?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">\n<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" https:><\/source><source type=\"image\/*\" https:><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;The FDA\u2019s recent actions on chemical abortion drugs have harmed the\u200c health of countless women and girls and undermined the rule of law by\u2062 illegally removing every meaningful\u2062 safeguard from \u2062the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-says-fda-wrongfully-approved-abortion-pill\/\" title=\"Federal Judge Says FDA Wrongfully Approved Abortion Pill\">chemical abortion drug regimen<\/a>,&#8221; the Alliance <a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedia.org\/case\/alliance-hippocratic-medicine-v-us-food-and-drug-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The FDA\u2019s unprecedented 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 push a dangerous drug regimen without regard to women\u2019s health. \u200bWe are urging\u200c the Supreme Court to deny the Biden administration\u2019s request to overrule the decision of&#8221; the Louisiana-based U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of\u2063 Appeals,&#8221; it stated.<\/p>\n<p>The 5th Circuit&#8217;s ruling prohibited the mailing of chemical abortion drugs \u200bthrough the\u200d mail, which the FDA has allowed since 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn loosening\u2064 mifepristone\u2019s safety restrictions, FDA failed to address several important \u2062concerns about whether the drug would be safe\u2062 for the women who use it,\u201d the court wrote. &#8220;It failed to consider the cumulative effect of removing several important\u200c safeguards at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The federal drug regulator also &#8220;failed to consider whether those \u2018major\u2019 and \u2018interrelated\u2019 changes\u2062 might \u200calter the risk profile, such that the agency \u200bshould continue to \u2063mandate reporting of \u200cnon-fatal adverse events,&#8221; the \u200cruling said. &#8220;And it failed to gather evidence that affirmatively showed that mifepristone could be used safely without being prescribed and dispensed in person.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Mifepristone \u2064tablets are displayed in Rockville, Md., on April 13, 2023. (Anna\u200d Moneymaker\/Getty\u2064 Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier this year, the Supreme Court granted a\u200d request from the Justice Department to leave in place the FDA&#8217;s approval of the\u2064 abortion drug. At the time, Justice \u2063Clarence Thomas said he would have denied the \u2062emergency petition, \u200cwhile Justice Samuel Alito dissented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Fifth Circuit countermanded a scientific judgment FDA has maintained across\u200d multiple administrations; imposed unnecessary restrictions \u200con the distribution of a drug that has been safely used by \u2063millions of \u2064Americans over more than two\u200b decades; and upset reliance interests in a \u2064healthcare \u2064system that depends on the availability of mifepristone as an alternative to surgical abortion \u200dfor women who choose to lawfully terminate their early pregnancies,&#8221; the Justice Department wrote to the court.<\/p>\n<p>The petition added that the ruling &#8220;has especially disruptive implications \u2063for the pharmaceutical industry and those who depend upon the drugs it \u200bsupplies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This month, multiple other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doctor-groups-ask-supreme-court-to-target-fda-abortion-drug-approval\/\" title=\"Doctor groups urge Supreme Court to focus on FDA approval of abortion drug.\">medical groups submitted \u200bamicus briefs<\/a>\u200d to the Supreme Court and argued the need \u200bfor the court to\u2062 review the 5th\u2062 Circuit&#8217;s order.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>\u201cThe Fifth Circuit\u2019s ruling threatens to \u200bstifle pharmaceutical innovation by disrupting the\u200c industry\u2019s reasonable investment-backed expectations. Congress created \u200ban FDA approval \u200cprocess that is both rigorous and \u2063thorough, and pharmaceutical companies invest billions \u2062of dollars in \u200bresearch and development to meet FDA\u2019s scientific standards,&#8221; the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers \u200cof America <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/icymi-leading-medical-and-legal-experts-ask-supreme-court-to-review-dangerous-medication-abortion-ruling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in a brief.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to health officials, mifepristone blocks the hormone progesterone that is needed for a pregnancy to continue.\u2064 When used with another drug called misoprostol, the pill is used to end a pregnancy through 10 weeks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2>Shipment of chemical abortion drugs by mail across the United States.\u2064 The\u2063 Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in\u200c the Texas abortion law case \u200band the petition filed by doctors&#8217; groups regarding the FDA&#8217;s approval of mifepristone raise several important PAA-related\u200b questions:<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ar, the Supreme Court refused to block Texas&#8217; restrictive\u200c abortion law, which bans most\u200c abortions after approximately \u200bsix weeks of pregnancy. Now, doctors&#8217; groups are targeting the FDA&#8217;s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, \u200barguing that it was approved under \u200ba process meant for drugs that\u200c treat illnesses,\u200d not for drugs related to pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>The Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine and several other physician groups filed a petition with the \u2063Supreme Court last week, stating that pregnancy is a natural process and not an illness. They argue that the FDA&#8217;s \u200capproval of mifepristone goes against the purpose of the approval process, which is meant to ensure the safety \u200band effectiveness of drugs used to treat illnesses.<\/p>\n<p>The Louisiana-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled in August that the FDA must restore safeguards for\u2063 chemical abortion drugs\u2064 and prohibit their shipment by mail across the \u2062United\u200c States. The Department of Justice and the drug maker,\u2064 Danco, have \u2064filed petitions with the Supreme \u200cCourt, asking the justices to hear their case.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Alliance for\u200c Hippocratic Medicine, \u200cthe FDA&#8217;s actions regarding\u200c chemical abortion drugs have harmed the \u2064health\u2062 of countless women and girls \u200band have undermined \u2062the rule of law. They argue that the FDA&#8217;s decisions\u2064 were politically driven and did not prioritize women&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<p>The 5th Circuit&#8217;s\u200b ruling\u200c specifically prohibits the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>abortion drug mifepristone without sufficient evidence of safety and efficacy. They argue that the FDA&#8217;s decision disregards the well-being of women and undermines medical ethics. These doctors&#8217; groups urge the Supreme Court to invalidate the FDA&#8217;s approval, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing patient health and upholding the principles of Hippocratic medicine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":2073037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2073036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2073036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2073036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2073036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2073037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2073036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2073036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2073036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}