As expected, a federal judge in Texas overturned FDA approval of mifepristone. Gov. Maura Healey said tonight it will remain available in Massachusetts:
Medication abortion is safe, effective and legal. Mifepristone has been used safely for more than 20 years and is the gold standard. This is yet another attempt by extremists to ban abortion nationwide. But we are prepared to take immediate action to protect access to this important medication. Patients in Massachusetts will continue to have access to mifepristone. We stand for civil rights and freedom, and we will always protect access to reproductive health care.
Healey said she will detail her plans to keep the pills available in Massachusetts Monday afternoon.
If it comes to that, because while that one judge in Texas was issuing his ruling, another judge in Washington state was ordering the FDA to keep the drug on the market.
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Why the hell would a Texas
By anon
Sat, 04/08/2023 - 12:48am
Why the hell would a Texas judges ruling even affect my life in Massachusetts’s. Texas can F Off
He's not a "Texas judge"
By Bob Leponge
Sat, 04/08/2023 - 1:00pm
He's not a Texas judge; he's a federal judge. Federal court rulings affect federal agencies such as the FDA.
Sure . He’s a Texas culture
By anon
Sat, 04/08/2023 - 1:41pm
Sure . He’s a Texas culture war judge
Call it whatever you want...
By lbb
Mon, 04/10/2023 - 3:30pm
...but as a federal judge, his rulings absolutely affect your life.
Scary
By Anon
Sat, 04/08/2023 - 10:45am
good to know we live in a state that cares about the health and safety of young women.
It'll remain available everywhere
By Will LaTulippe
Sat, 04/08/2023 - 11:08am
Because it's a drug, and this is America.
Such progress
By BostonDog
Sat, 04/08/2023 - 12:00pm
Now instead of getting a safe medication from a doctor or pharmacy, women can meet someone on the street to buy some unmarked pills and hope for the best.
Picking stupid fights with women
By Will LaTulippe
Sat, 04/08/2023 - 1:51pm
The only thing more American than that is shooting up an elementary school.
Not that you're wrong ...
By perruptor
Sat, 04/08/2023 - 3:20pm
But I object to this kind of Republican pigshit being characterized as "American". It isn't.
Agreed!
By Will LaTulippe
Sat, 04/08/2023 - 3:38pm
Americans should not elect Republicans.
It's probably just a matter of time
By tachometer
Sat, 04/08/2023 - 4:36pm
A woman in a red state will buy black market abortion drugs and die of a fentanyl overdose.
Before that happens...
By lbb
Mon, 04/10/2023 - 3:42pm
...a woman in a red state will buy black market abortion drugs and go to jail for it.
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