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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMifepristone and the rule of law
https://adamunikowsky.substack.com/p/mifepristone-and-the-rule-of-lawIn 2000, the FDA approved a drug known as mifepristone for purposes of terminating pregnancies through 49 days gestation. The FDA concluded that mifepristone, when used in conjunction with a different drug called misoprostol, was safe and effective, and that the benefits of mifepristone exceeded the risks.
In November 2022, a group of plaintiffs, led by the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas seeking to overturn the FDAs approval of mifepristone and force mifepristone off the market. The plaintiffs have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction, which is currently pending in the district court.
This lawsuit has gotten considerable attention from the press. Many articles have accused the presiding district judge of being biased based on his legal advocacy before his appointment as well as second-hand descriptions of his personal views. I view these attacks as inappropriate and unfair: the judge was entitled to represent whatever clients he wished before ascending the bench, and I see no basis for believing that the judge will act in bad faith in this case or any other.
I would prefer that commentary focused on the legal merits of the lawsuit, and that will be the subject of this post. Cutting to the chase: the plaintiffs legal theory is remarkably weak. Basic principles of administrative law, having nothing to do with abortion, squarely foreclose the plaintiffs claims.
I will not venture a prediction on how the Northern District of Texas or the Fifth Circuit will rule. If the plaintiffs prevail in those courts, however, the Justice Department is likely to seek emergency relief from the Supreme Court. In my view, the Justice Department will likely prevail. If the subject matter of this case were anything other than abortion, the plaintiffs would have no chance of succeeding in the Supreme Court. The plaintiffs are banking on the hope that because this is a case about abortion, the Court will bend ordinary principles of administrative law. I predict it will not.
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Mifepristone and the rule of law (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Mar 2023
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tinymontgomery
(2,584 posts)1. Can't it go to the SC after this idiot rules?
roamer65
(36,745 posts)2. Misoprostol.
elias7
(4,003 posts)3. Didn't SC already rule religious freedom means not being subjected to the whims of the minority?
Jewish tradition, for example, prioritizes the mother over the fetus and has no proscription of abortion. Is not a pregnant Jewish persons wish to have an abortion being blocked by someone elses religious view?