The Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments today regarding the abortion drug mifepristone. The court’s decision could dramatically reduce the distribution of abortion pills nationwide, saving preborn babies and protecting mothers.
Democratic administrations over the last 24 years loosened restrictions on abortion pills through the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), putting pregnant women at risk and increasing deaths of children in the womb.
Four national medical associations, four doctors, and Alliance Defending Freedom sued the FDA for neglecting to follow its own protocol, allowing mifepristone to be used later in pregnancy and to be mailed to pregnant women without an in-person visit.
Abortion pills are the most common method by which abortions are performed in the United States. One in five women will suffer a complication due to taking an abortion pill, and one in 20 will have to visit the emergency room. Worse, every successful abortion will result in the death of an innocent baby.
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Chemical abortions involve two drugs: the first, mifepristone, kills the preborn child by starving him or her to death, and the second, misoprostol, causes the woman to deliver the deceased baby.
The FDA currently allows mifepristone to be used up to 10 weeks. At this point in pregnancy:
- The preborn baby has her own unique DNA;
- Her heart starts beating;
- Her eyes, legs, and hands begin to develop;
- She has detectable brain waves; and
- Every major organ system is in place.
A Pro-Life ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in this case could reduce abortions even in liberal states by limiting the drug’s use to earlier in pregnancy and requiring an in-person visit to a physician. The court cannot change the status quo in Pro-Life states like Texas where the Right to Life of all preborn children is legally recognized. Elective abortion is illegal in Texas, but criminal activists traffic abortion pills into our state. Texas Right to Life continues to call on our elected officials to prioritize policies that will stop these dangerous new trends.
Doctors, however, should not be concerned about changing their protocol for treating miscarriages or ectopic pregnancies. This lawsuit does not ask the court to take mifepristone off the market for all purposes. Thus, the ruling can only apply to chemical abortions.
While miscarriage treatment can indeed involve similar drugs and procedures as elective abortion, removing a deceased child who passed away by spontaneous miscarriage is legally and morally different than intentionally ending that child’s life, and it is therefore not defined as an abortion.
Texas Right to Life is hopeful that the Supreme Court will protect Life and place the safety of mothers and preborn children over politics.
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