[1]Pramila Jayapal

John, have you
heard the news?

Just this past Friday, Justice Samuel Alito temporarily suspended the
lower court rulings to overturn the FDA’s two-decade approval of
Mifepristone^1 — a pill used to administer and oversee safe and secure
access to abortions. This halt would allow the Supreme Court to weigh in
on bids by the Biden administration to defend the medication in light of
one of the biggest fights for abortion access our country has seen in 50
years.  

To be clear: access to Mifepristone is still legal pending any further
orders from Justice Alito or the rest of the court. But if the courts do
overturn the FDA’s approval, there will be immediate and devastating
consequences:

* An estimated 40 million people who can become pregnant would lose
access to medication abortion.^2

* Overturning the FDA’s approval would force pregnant people to undergo
the more costly and difficult to obtain option of surgical abortions,
which include a longer recovery time, are more expensive, and often
require visits to clinics that are hundreds of miles away — taking
patients away from their work, families and driving up the overall
costs of care.

* When lawmakers restrict abortion access, there’s always a
disproportionate impact on already vulnerable groups. A ban on
abortion pills would heavily burden people of color, people who are
disabled, working class communities, transgender folks, and people who
live in rural areas.

It’s time to fight back and show we will never accept ANY abortion ban.
[ [link removed] ]If you agree, please join me today by adding your name here to voice
your opposition to the GOP’s shameless attempts to strip millions of
Americans of our human rights.

[ [link removed] ]Add your name

Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, 24 states have either outlawed abortion
or are preparing to — a federal ban on medication abortion is just the
latest step in the GOP’s long-term plan to strip hundreds of millions of
Americans from accessing abortion.^3 We are not backing down.

In solidarity,

Pramila

 

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1 - [ [link removed] ]Reuters

2 - [ [link removed] ]Axios

3 - [ [link removed] ]Guttmacher


 


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