Ever since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration removed basic safeguards on high-risk abortion drugs, women have been suffering. Many women who take these drugs are told to expect mild pain, only to be shocked by the excruciating experience of an at-home abortion — without any in-person care or visits with a doctor to let them know when emergency care is necessary. Women deserve better.
Unfortunately, women will continue to be harmed by what the FDA has done, for now. On June 13, the Supreme Court declined to address the merits of a case brought against the FDA over its removal of basic protections for women taking abortion drugs.
My organization, Alliance Defending Freedom, represented frontline doctors who are witnessing firsthand the harms inflicted by the FDA’s reckless removal of commonsense protections, like in-person visits to check for ectopic pregnancies. While it’s…
