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 Mifepristone1 — 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. 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.
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
1 - Reuters
2 - Axios
3 - Guttmacher
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