I thought courts weren’t supposed to issue nationwide injunctions anymore. Or is it OK now because Conservatives want it?
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.
“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.
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.’
In the ruling, Judge Kyle Duncan, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, agreed with the state of Louisiana’s contention that allowing the drug to be mailed there makes moot the state’s ban on abortion at all stages of pregnancy.
“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.
Yeah, it’s called the Supremacy Clause. You know, the one the federal government is using right now in multiple cases to remove other rights citizens are getting through state laws and constitutions? I guess it can only be used to take rights, not grant them?
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
For anyone wondering, miso powder + alcohol = paper cards that can induce abortions without looking like pills. Can be hidden inside a book, as a postcard, etc, looks identical to regular paper otherwise, then mailed without issue.
I’m very stupid and thought you meant miso powder, as in the thing you can make miso soup out of. I was so excited about a modern silphium :(
Very, very short shelf life unfortunately.
I sure hope TST has something to say about this ruling infringing on their religious practices.
This.
Members of the TST faith practice abortion as a form of religious ritual.
5th circuit needs to be disbanded
disbarred to boot
More poor kids isn’t going to work out the way these idiots think it will.
They get more orphans to rape. That seems to be the goal.
It hurts to up vote this, but you’re absolutely correct.
Oh no, it works out exactly the way they think it will. Abortions and birth control are a great way for poorer individuals to avoid the financial burden of a child. I guarantee you the rich will have no problems getting an abortion if we went full-on Handmaidens Tale.
I dunno what I’m doing, but I’m going to up vote you and continue on with my day.
They don’t care.
GOP program of total immiseration of the populace grinds on
Gop also needs brood mares in thier breeding farms in thier states.
