#if mifepristone becomes unavailable then all abortion would have to be surgical 🙃

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I haven’t seen anything about this on tumblr, so check it out:

TLDR:

- Insane Texas judge issues a ruling that revokes the FDA approval of commonly used medical abortifacient mifepristone. This was an insane ruling because (a) the plaintiffs lack standing to bring this case (b) the plaintiffs did not exhaust their appeals to the FDA, a requirement for bringing a case like this to trial (c) the statute of limitations for an appeal on the FDA’s approval ran out 16 years ago. In addition, the judge was wrong about mifepristone; it is a safe and effective method of seeking abortion.

- At the exact same time, a contrary ruling from a judge in Washington DC that requires the FDA to not change the status of mifepristone. 16 AGs of blue and purple states sued for this ruling. It directly contradicts the Texas 5th Circuit.

- The Supreme Court has issued an administrative stay of 7 days on the Texas ruling so that it can hear these cases and resolve the contradiction. Because the Texas ruling was made on such terrible legal grounds, I wouldn’t normally be concerned. However, this Supreme Court is politically motivated to eliminate abortion, so who can say?

- If you need a medical abortion, seek it NOW.