| Dear Friend, A federal appeals court just sowed more confusion about the state of the abortion pill in our country. While the court put a temporary hold on the ruling banning the medication mifepristone, the court prohibited all mail order and generic prescribing of the drug, making the abortion pill exceedingly difficult to obtain.(1) The next stop is the Supreme Court, but there is no telling when they will respond -- or how.(2) We cannot depend on the courts. In 24 hours, access to the medication used for 53% of abortions across the United States will be in peril, and the FDA has yet to act. We must ramp up our campaign to pressure the FDA to issue an emergency authorization for mifepristone before millions of people are cut off from their reproductive rights. Will you donate to Courage California and help save the abortion pill?
Without mail order access, people will have to visit an abortion clinic in person to obtain the pill -- and 1 in 3 women don’t have access to one.(3) Moreover, removing access to the generic version will create a medication shortage. It’s an abortion ban, plain and simple. Doctors are already warning about the risks of not having mifepristone on the market. The only other pill approved for abortion is not nearly as effective and can cause painful side effects. Users may have to take the drug three or four times before it is effective. These decisions make abortion more disruptive and cause more suffering -- which is the point.(4) The Biden administration has already appealed the latest mifepristone ruling to the Supreme Court -- but we’ve seen over and over that this particular Supreme Court cannot be trusted to uphold our rights. The FDA has the power to issue emergency authorization for the abortion pill, and it has to act. We are collecting hundreds of thousands of signatures and using our powerful social media voice to call out the Biden administration, and, if we raise enough, we can run another billboard demanding that our government stand up for our rights. We are also planning a town hall for the people of California to help them understand their rights, and we will push Congress to finally hold a vote on codifying Roe v. Wade. It’s all hands on deck -- can we count on your help to save the abortion pill? Thanks for your critical support. –Irene, along with Angela, Annie, Isidra, Lindsay, Mai, Mai, and Scottie (and the rest of the Courage team)
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