Abortion pill case to be heard by conservative, anti-abortion panel

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Abortion pill case to be heard by conservative, anti-abortion panel

Brendan Pierson and Jacqueline Thomsen
Mon, May 8, 2023 at 2:10 PM EDT

(Reuters) - A case brought by anti-abortion groups seeking to ban the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide will be heard next week by a panel of three deeply conservative judges hostile to abortion rights, a federal appeals court revealed on Monday.

The Biden administration is expected to urge the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in New Orleans on May 17 to overturn a court order that suspended the federal government's approval of mifepristone.

The administration will be appealing to Circuit Judges Jennifer Walker Elrod, who upheld a Texas law making it more difficult for abortion clinics to operate in the state; James Ho, who has called abortion a "moral tragedy"; and Cory Wilson, who supported abortion bans as a Mississippi state legislator.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which is named as the defendant in the lawsuit, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/abortion-pill-case-heard-conservative-181001835.html

[Mike Niendorff]

1. Next stop:

En banc.


MDN

[ck4829]

2. Are we REALLY going to let biased judges and religious conservatives set medical policy?

Really?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Here is a picture of James Ho being sworn in at Harlan Crow's mansion

Ho is a major league TFG asshole

Link to tweet

[bluestarone]

4. THREE judges that are as bad as the TEXAS judge that first came out with the order

Gonna be AUTOMATIC appeal, but will the pills be available while we wait AGAIN for this SC?

[edhopper]

5. Why can't someone bring suit

in a liberal circuit to keep it available?

[Arazi]

6. Don't forget that this case is *really* about invalidating the FDA's authority

With a shitload of repercussions if this court does that.

Regardless of the makeup of this bench, it’s not certain Republicans are willing to cross Big Pharma.

If they’re smart they’ll take another crack at banning mifepristone another way (and another day).