A trio of conservative federal judges on Wednesday took a skeptical look at arguments to keep the abortion drug mifepristone on the market, raising questions on whether lawyers for the pill's manufacturer were equating motherhood to 'illness.'
James Ho talks to family members before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 15. Ho has been nominated to the United States Circuit Judge For The Fifth Circuit.Ho cited anti-abortion doctors' arguments that the Food and Drug Administration improperly characterized pregnancy as an illness to approve the drug."When we celebrate Mother’s Day, are we celebrating illness?" Ho asked Danco attorney Jessica Ellsworth.
Harrington argued that anti-abortion doctors' allegations, specifically that they would likely need to help patients whose drug-induced abortions were incomplete, did not amount to any sort of injury that the court should recognize. Ellsworth also concurred with Harrington's point in her separate arguments before the judges.
“It just strikes me what FDA has done … you’ve made it much more likely that patients are going to go to the emergency room,” Wilson said. Mifepristone and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women's Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022. Mifepristone is taken first to stop the pregnancy, followed by Misoprostol to induce bleeding.
"That’s why NARAL and our 4 million members are mobilizing against this dangerous attack on our most fundamental freedoms — and we won’t back down," Timmaraju added.
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