{"id":2207359,"date":"2024-03-27T12:03:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doctors-rally-at-scotus-against-fdas-reckless-abandonment-of-high-risk-abortion-drug\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T12:06:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:06:51","slug":"doctors-rally-at-scotus-against-fdas-reckless-abandonment-of-high-risk-abortion-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doctors-rally-at-scotus-against-fdas-reckless-abandonment-of-high-risk-abortion-drug\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical professionals gather at the Supreme Court to protest FDA&#8217;s alleged negligence in overseeing a dangerous abortion drug"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fdoctors-rally-at-scotus-against-fdas-reckless-abandonment-of-high-risk-abortion-drug%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=2207359&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>A coalition led by medical professionals, politicians, and advocates gathered at the US Supreme Court to denounce the FDA&#8217;s lax oversight of the abortion drug mifepristone. They urged the restoration of safety standards amidst concerns of harm to women&#8217;s health. The FDA&#8217;s controversial \u2062decision has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/items-seized-in-controversial-police-raid-at-family-owned-kansas-newspaper-returned\/\" title=\"Seized items from disputed police raid on Kansas newspaper returned.\">sparked widespread criticism<\/a> and legal challenges from various organizations. The gathering at the US Supreme Court aimed to protest the FDA&#8217;s insufficient supervision of mifepristone, an abortion drug, and called for\u2062 the reinstatement of safety \u200dregulations to \u200bsafeguard women&#8217;s health. Criticisms and legal actions \u2063against the FDA have escalated due to this contentious ruling.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Doctors, politicians, pro-life leaders, and women\u2019s health advocates rallied outside the United States Supreme Court Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/press-release\/us-supreme-court-hear-arguments-tuesday-about-fdas-recklessness\">calling<\/a> for the overturning of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration\u2019s reckless abandonment of care standards for women and girls with the deregulation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nazis-and-eugenics-brought-us-chemical-abortion-heres-proof\/\" title=\"Nazis And Eugenics Brought Us Chemical Abortion: Here\u2019s Proof\">chemical abortion drug mifepristone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erin Hawley, American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists CEO Dr. Christina Francis, and Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach spoke outside of the capitol building alongside more than 50 speakers demanding the return of basic safety standards on the high-risk drug <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=1029&#038;v=6tbdy3K6i0c&#038;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fadflegal.org%2F&#038;source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY&#038;feature=emb_logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as oral arguments opened<\/a> for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/23\/23-235\/279230\/20230908165000535_USFDA%20et%20al.%20v.%20Alliance%20for%20Hippocratic%20Medicine%20et%20al.%20Petition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-893378731\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c5b3ba5ba61df663fdcb3d48d67de858 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c5b3ba5ba61df663fdcb3d48d67de858\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Recklessly Betraying Women\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>A documented high-risk drug resulting in emergent care for 1 in 25 women, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/drugs\/postmarket-drug-safety-information-patients-and-providers\/questions-and-answers-mifepristone-medical-termination-pregnancy-through-ten-weeks-gestation#:~:text=The%20FDA%20first%20approved%20Mifeprex,ten%20weeks%20gestation%20in%202016.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mifepristone<\/a> was first approved for market use in 2000. At that time, a prescriber was required to provide ongoing medical care, an initial in-person visit to screen for complication-inducing conditions, and follow-up care to treat infection, internal bleeding, and other possible side effects. Since then, the FDA has removed those basic <a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/case\/us-food-and-drug-administration-v-alliance-hippocratic-medicine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">safeguards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The FDA\u2019s action in this case is unprecedented, said ADF senior counsel <a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/profile\/julie-marie-blake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Julie Marie Blake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FDA\u2019s job is to ensure health and safety, especially when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-hears-arguments-on-allowing-mail-order-abortion-pills\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Considers Legalizing Mail-Order Abortion Pills\">high-risk drugs<\/a> are involved,\u201d Blake said. \u201cThe FDA has failed in that duty; recklessly betraying women who have been taking chemical abortion drugs. We are unaware of any situation in which the FDA has approved any drug with this level of high risk, knowing that 1 in 25 women will go to the ER and simply saying, \u2018We know we don\u2019t have enough adequate data about its safety.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lower courts have already found the FDA guilty of failing to protect public health and safety in the case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-thousands-march-for-life-democrats-are-out-of-step-with-majority\/\" title=\"As Thousands March For Life, Democrats Are Out Of Step With Majority\">mail-order abortion drugs<\/a>. The agency continues to defend its actions in supporting the multi-billion dollar abortion industry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-eeec5b7d312754ccf6f8962b95c61d97 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-eeec5b7d312754ccf6f8962b95c61d97\"><\/div>\n<p>Americans United for Life, <a href=\"https:\/\/sbaprolife.org\/newsroom\/press-releases\/today-scotus-hears-oral-arguments-on-mail-order-abortion-drugs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cathmed.org\/resources\/cma-calls-on-supreme-court-to-safeguard-womens-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catholic Medical Association<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/acpeds.org\/press\/pediatricians-challenge-the-fda-to-protect-women-and-girls-at-u-s-supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American College of Pediatricians<\/a>, and numerous other organizations issued called the FDA\u2019s abandonment of standards \u201creckless,\u201d ahead of Tuesday\u2019s oral arguments. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Restoration of Standards<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Karen Poehailos, a family physician with experience providing care for women suffering a chemical abortion, spoke outside the court, calling for the restoration and re-evaluation of safety standards on mifepristone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am here for my patient who called me crying that she could still see her nine-week baby alive in the gestational sac and wondering how long it would take for her child to die,\u201d Poehailos said. \u201cI am here for my patients who went into labor at home and delivered the embryo or fetus into the toilet and didn\u2019t know what to do next,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters body-xs m-0 text-start\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span>Tim Millea, MD       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She recounted the stories of patients who were given these drugs to take at over 12 weeks gestation, which can cause life-threatening complications and even require surgical intervention. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2b1bccecbf56b473086c50aa89a2b55b fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2b1bccecbf56b473086c50aa89a2b55b\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cShe had to be treated in an emergency room due to excessive bleeding from an incomplete abortion. I am here for my patient with a history of ectopic pregnancy who was not aware that she should have had an ultrasound due to her higher risk of another life-threatening ectopic,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democratsforlife.org\/index.php\/about-us\/executive-staff\">Democrats for Life of America Executive Director Kristen Day<\/a> called out the FDA for sending women to the bathroom alone to perform abortions with no support. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democratic position sacrifices key ideals on an altar of unrestricted abortion. It represents the transformation of a party once dedicated to regulation balanced in the interests of society to a wholesale surrender to both Big Abortion and Big Pharma,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eroded Confidence<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Tim Millea,<em> <\/em>CMA Health Care Policy Committee and Conscience Rights Protection Task Force chair, attended the rally in defense of women, children, and future generations directly effected by the FDA\u2019s malfeasance.<\/p>\n<p>In his nearly 40 years of practice, Millea has seen a dramatic erosion of confidence in the FDA, an agency he previously considered a thorough and honest arbiter of medications and their safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FDA is now determining \u2018standards\u2019 based on ideology rather than science,\u201d Millea said. \u201cPersonally, I am here to protect my children and grandchildren from health care that is driven by politics and not evidence. If the FDA\u2019s laxity in protecting us is not corrected, they need to know that Americans will be harmed and will not tolerate their mistakes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-56ab624eca2367d54acc930b2dad011d fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-56ab624eca2367d54acc930b2dad011d\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, a coalition including doctors, politicians, pro-life advocates, and women&#8217;s health supporters gathered outside the US Supreme Court. They demanded a reversal of the FDA&#8217;s decision to lower safety standards for mifepristone, a chemical abortion drug. 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