{"id":2206575,"date":"2024-03-26T13:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T17:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-hears-arguments-on-allowing-mail-order-abortion-pills\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T13:54:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T17:54:17","slug":"supreme-court-hears-arguments-on-allowing-mail-order-abortion-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-hears-arguments-on-allowing-mail-order-abortion-pills\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Considers Legalizing Mail-Order Abortion Pills"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fsupreme-court-hears-arguments-on-allowing-mail-order-abortion-pills%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=2206575&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--><p>The Supreme Court \u200cdebates\u200d reinstating \u2064FDA restrictions on mifepristone, a key abortion drug in the US. The case involves the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine\u2064 challenging the lifting of restrictions on \u2062mailing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-listen-to-more-than-one-professional-opinion\/\" title=\"Opinion: Listen To More Than One \u2018Professional\u2019 Opinion\">prescribing abortion pills<\/a>, emphasizing safety concerns. \u200dPro-life and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-cant-tolerate-intimidation-chuck-grassley-torches-protesters-attempting-to-bully-supreme-court\/\" title=\"\u2018We Can\u2019t Tolerate Intimidation\u2019: Chuck Grassley Torches Protesters Attempting To Bully Supreme Court\">pro-abortion activists gather<\/a> \u200doutside the court as the debate on mifepristone unfolds. The Supreme Court is considering reinstating FDA restrictions on mifepristone, a crucial abortion medication\u200c in the United\u2062 States. \u200cThe case includes the Alliance \u2062for Hippocratic Medicine contesting the \u2062removal of \u200dlimitations\u200d on distributing and prescribing abortion pills due to \u200bsafety \u2062worries. Activists\u2063 from\u2063 both pro-life and pro-abortion groups assemble \u200boutside the court during the mifepristone debate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> heard oral arguments on Tuesday on whether to reinstate certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/fda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FDA<\/a> restrictions on mifepristone, the drug that is used in more than half of the abortions in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The arguments come as a group of pro-life physicians, the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom, sued the Biden administration after it lifted restrictions on the mailing and prescribing of abortion pills. The physicians say that the previous limits should be reinstated for safety reasons and that the FDA relaxed its guidelines for politicized reasons. Changes in 2016 and 2021 made mifepristone available by mail and allowed the drug to be prescribed by medical providers who are not physicians.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWomen should have the ongoing care of a doctor when taking high-risk drugs. The FDA betrayed women and girls when it unlawfully removed the necessary in-person doctor visits that protected women\u2019s health and well-being,\u201d ADF lawyer Erin Hawley <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/press-release\/us-supreme-court-hear-arguments-tuesday-about-fdas-recklessness\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in a statement before arguments began. \u201cThe FDA\u2019s own label for abortion drugs says that roughly one in 25 women who take them will end up in the emergency room. Yet the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erickson-the-truth-behind-the-cheney-story\/\" title=\"ERICKSON: The Truth Behind The Cheney Story\">federal government continues<\/a> to defend its reckless actions that jeopardize women\u2019s health and safety.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The case, <em>FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine,<\/em> came to the court after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/federal-appeals-court-makes-decision-on-the-mailing-of-abortion-pills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruled<\/a> in August that mifepristone should not be distributed through the mail or prescribed via telemedicine. Hawley, the wife of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), is arguing for the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine while the Biden administration is being represented by Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During arguments on Tuesday, Prelogar argued that mifepristone was safe to prescribe online and said that the pro-life doctors challenging the FDA lacked standing. She also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/03\/26\/us\/abortion-pill-supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">claimed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that \u201conly an exceptionally small number of women suffer the kinds of serious complications\u201d that pro-lifer advocates have said come with the prescription of mifepristone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to data from the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute, more than 60% of abortions in the U.S. in 2023 were done via medication. The total reported was 642,700 in the formal healthcare system, which is likely substantially less than the number of medication abortions that may have been done by women ordering from non-certified websites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Justice Samuel Alito pushed Prelogar on the standing issue, saying that someone should be able to challenge the FDA\u2019s rollback of mifepristone restrictions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As arguments began in the case, both pro-life and pro-abortion rights activists gathered outside the Supreme Court. Aid Access, a group that ships abortion pills across the country, had robots outside the court dispensing pills while one activist held up a sign saying, \u201cI\u2019m (a) trans man, and I need abortion pills.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here at the Supreme Court, where Aid Access is distributing abortion pills with robots. Dystopian, much? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DallasExpress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DallasExpress<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JZMMTtdouz\">pic.twitter.com\/JZMMTtdouz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Hauf \ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\udde6 (@PatrickHauf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickHauf\/status\/1772598892971835861?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pro-life groups have urged the Supreme Court to rule against the FDA, saying that the agency irresponsibly rolled back restrictions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe FDA\u2019s decision to weaken commonsense safeguards, removing doctors from the process, shows they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-hears-challenge-to-fdas-reckless-approval-of-unsafe-mail-order-abortion\/\" title=\"Supreme Court to Review FDA's Controversial Approval of Risky Mail-Order Abortion Services\">prioritize ending unborn life<\/a> over the health and safety of women,\u201d said Dr. Ingrid Skop of the Charlotte Lozier Institute. \u201cTheir stories must be heard, but abortion advocates, working with corporate media, have gaslighted them into silence. I hope the Supreme Court holds the FDA accountable for their reckless actions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several scientific studies on the potential harm of abortion pills <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/completely-unjustified-medical-journal-retracts-major-studies-critical-of-abortion-pill-ahead-of-supreme-court-clash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were retracted<\/a> in February, years after they were first published, when the publisher conducted a review due to a single reader complaint. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The authors of the studies say the retractions are a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberals-are-already-panicking-about-trumps-2024-plan\/\" title=\"Liberals Are Already Panicking About Trump's 2024 Plan\">politically motivated effort<\/a> to discredit research that was cited in a federal judge\u2019s order that sided with doctors looking to reinstate restrictions on mifepristone. They believe that the research was targeted to discredit findings on the potential dangers of mifepristone ahead of the Supreme Court\u2019s consideration of the issue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court recently debated reinstating FDA restrictions on mifepristone, a key abortion drug in the US. This drug is crucial in over half of all abortions performed in the country. The case emerged as the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, supported by the Alliance Defending Freedom, challenged these restrictions in a legal battle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2206576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2114912657.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2114912657.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206575","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\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2206576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}