A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking mailing of prescriptions of mifepristone.
A panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is requiring that the abortion pill be distributed only in person at clinics.
“Every abortion facilitated by FDA’s action cancels Louisiana’s ban on medical abortions and undermines its policy that ‘every unborn child is human being from the moment of conception and is, therefore, a legal person,’” the ruling states.
Pretty much. It’s the 5th circuit being assholes again.
Telehealth prescriptions have become common even in states where abortion is allowed — and the ruling blocks them there, too.
“This is going to affect patients’ access to abortion and miscarriage care in every state in the nation,” said Julia Kaye, an ACLU lawyer. “When telemedicine is restricted, rural communities, people with low incomes, people with disabilities, survivors of intimate partner violence and communities of color suffer the most.”
Exactly! Everything else has been piecemeal bullshit, that’s why the 10 commandments are forced in Texas schools even though other courts have said ‘we think the fuck not.’
I thought courts weren’t supposed to issue nationwide injunctions anymore. Or is it OK now because Conservatives want it?
Pretty much. It’s the 5th circuit being assholes again.
“Legal persons” creates all kinds of unintended consequences.
Is it nationwide? I thought 5th circuit rulings only applied within the 5th circuit.
Theoretically the pills just need to be mailed from outside that jurisdiction, right?
That’s exactly what the Supreme Court ruled last year. Apparently the AP thinks it’s still 2022 or something.
Apparently not, somehow.
Exactly! Everything else has been piecemeal bullshit, that’s why the 10 commandments are forced in Texas schools even though other courts have said ‘we think the fuck not.’