The US Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to wade into a dispute over an Oklahoma regulation of the abortion-inducing drug RU-486.
In a brief order, the justices agreed to take up the case, and then asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to determine whether the disputed state law bars the application of certain drugs used in chemically induced abortions.
The court said that further proceedings in the case would be reserved pending receipt of a response from the Supreme Court of Oklahoma.
The action came in an appeal filed on behalf of the Oklahoma attorney general asking the justices to reinstate an Oklahoma law regulating RU-486 abortions that was struck down by the state high court in December.
The law sought to limit chemically induced abortions to a protocol of procedures that critics said were outdated and would effectively ban the procedure.
RU486 is proving useful in a number of off-label applications, so potentially, yes.
I'd be interested to know how the hell they're gonna make their case. Every time RU486 is studied for safety, it fares better than expected. While it is not the most comfortable medication to take in the dose required for abortion, it is perfectly safe for a patient to do pretty much entirely on their own. There is absolutely no justification for making it tougher to get or take, except for anti-choice reasons.
Why don't governments try to introduce laws making it hard to get other medical procedures? Hysterectomy is way over-used, as is c-section, but I don't see any movements to try to tighten rules on them!
RU486 is proving useful in a number of off-label applications, so potentially, yes.
I'd be interested to know how the hell they're gonna make their case. Every time RU486 is studied for safety, it fares better than expected. While it is not the most comfortable medication to take in the dose required for abortion, it is perfectly safe for a patient to do pretty much entirely on their own. There is absolutely no justification for making it tougher to get or take, except for anti-choice reasons.
What does "fared better than expected" mean?
I remember showing several girls the FDA warning on RU-486 several years ago. I Googled but couldn't find it. I did find this: FDA to issue abortion drug warning / RU-486 caution partly in response to local teen's death - SFGate
Is RU-586 "perfectly safe for a patient to do pretty much entirely on their own"?
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact a state court decision invalidating an Oklahoma law that effectively banned the so-called abortion pill RU-486, with the justices deciding to sidestep a potentially contentious case
I live in Oklahoma. I remember awhile ago this state was trying to make it completely illegal for Oklahoma residents to get birth control because it went against "god's will" to make babies happen. I was actually terrified for awhile because I order my birth control online through Canada and was afraid they would somehow figure out how to stop that from happening. Luckily for me, at this point, if I got pregnant, John and I would be prepared and happy to have a child, but at that point I was terrified that everything I was doing to PREVENT pregnancy from happening would put me in a dangerous position.
That never passed.
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