The overriding legal message of Justice Samuel Alito's Opinion of the Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health is there is no right to elect abortion. If there is no right then virtually any state act of control is warranted so long as it meets the "rational basis" test. I.E. anything within reason can be done to bar abortion within their jurisdiction by the states without running afoul of Federal authority.
Thus criminalization of doctors, nurses and anyone who assists an abortion is therefore on the table.
Mifestiprone is part of a two drug protocol to induce uterine contractions in early pregnancy. It has long been FDA approved - though a risk management protocol has burdened its availability and access. Nonetheless as many as half of all abortion have been medical, not surgical.
But now it can be prescribed by telemedicine, ordered online, and dispensed by licensed pharmacists - not the specially trained or licensed as had been required by FDA.risk management protocol.- REMS.
Logically if abortion is a crime, then a pregnant woman who takes the drugs for that purpose is committing a crime. Of course not all states will have the nerve to threaten pregnant women with prison. They'll go after the physicians and others who prescribe Mifestiprone or assist knowingly in its use to cause abortion of a viable fetus. - GWC
The legislative calendar is packed with 300 abortion bills. “You can’t go to jail for screwing up an appendectomy,” one lawmaker said.
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