from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Wednesday partially overturned a lower court, which said earlier this month that mifepristone sales should be stopped while its initial approval by the Food and Drug Administration, in 2000, is reconsidered.
As with other abortion policies since last June when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision declaring a nationwide right to an abortion, the impact is expected to vary widely. And it's not clear how long this ruling will be in effect. President Joe Biden's administration and a drug manufacturer on Friday appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to restore full access to mifepristone.
At least 10 other states had restrictions that already placed limits on medication abortion, according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation. For instance, in Georgia, it's legal only in the first six weeks of pregnancy; in Kansas, an ultrasound at an office visit is required before it's dispensed; and in North Carolina, it can't be prescribed via telehealth.
That leaves just six states where turning back to the pre-2016 rules will make much of a difference when they take effect Saturday: Democrat-controlled California, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York — all states that have protected abortion access and welcomed out-of-staters seeking abortions — and Republican-controlled Montana and politically divided Virginia.
All four states have policies intended to protect women who travel from states with abortion bans in order to obtain them, though it's states closer to those with bans, such as Colorado, North Carolina and Florida, that have seen the biggest upticks in the number of abortions. On Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, but it won't take effect unless a court upholds the state's current 15-week ban.
The judicial branch can rule all it wants, but it needs the executive branch to enforce the rulings. Just read up on President Jackson.
Killing babies is so important....
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