Access to abortion pill mifepristone in limbo after competing rulings by two judges within minutes in United States
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-08/abortion-pill-mifepristone-access-conflicting-rulings/102202534
The USA is sliding further into a state of theocratic fascism.
Fascism can move with awful speed to take away women's rights to safe healthcare. Here's a timeline:
- In 2000, the FDA accepted science and approved Mifepristone, a medicine that's been used around the world for years for safe abortions.
- In 2012, Thomas O Rice was appointed by Barack Obama as a US District Judge.
- In 2019, Donald Trump gave Matthew Kacsmaryk a lifetime appointment as a US District Judge.
- Now, within minutes of each other, Matthew Kacsmaryk put a hold on approval of mifepristone, and Thomas O Rice ruled to protect continued access to mifepristone.
I worry that this issue will head to the Supreme Court, and the outcome will be regressive because SCOTUS is stacked with judges appointed by the GOP.
#ProChoice #WomensRights #TransMensRights #NonBinaryRights #Mifepristone #Abortion #Healthcare