| Friend, I'm Courage California's digital strategist. I also have used mifepristone, the abortion pill at the center of the lawsuit that the Supreme Court just agreed to hear. Eight years ago, I was 10 weeks along when I learned that my pregnancy wasn't viable but also that my body wasn't miscarrying on its own. I was devastated -- and also worried about what would happen next. Fortunately, my doctor was able to prescribe me mifepristone so that I could miscarry safely, in the privacy of my own home. If I hadn't had access to that medication, I would have had to go into the hospital for an invasive procedure, putting me at risk of infection. And now the Supreme Court may decide to make that the fate of millions of women.
More than half of all abortions in the U.S. use mifepristone.(1) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has called mifepristone “safe and effective” and has been used by millions of people since its approval in 2000. And yet, that hasn’t stopped right-wing groups from launching campaigns to ban the drug for good. But extremist judges that Donald Trump installed are seizing another opportunity to control our bodies and ban abortion. A federal court attempted to overturn the FDA's approval of mifepristone, and now the anti-choice Supreme Court is going to decide the drug's future -- a decision it has no place in.(2) Mifepristone has revolutionized reproductive health care, and it's critical for continuing to allow safe, private abortion no matter where in the country we are. We need to tell the Supreme Court to keep their hands out of our reproductive choices. Will you send an email to the Supreme Court today? Thank you for standing with me for reproductive rights. –Jen (and the rest of the Courage team)
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