A group of Republicans and right-wingers want Kacsmaryk to put an injunction on the use of mifepristone, the primary abortion pill.
Straus Harris, the DOJ attorney, said that FDA approval of a drug does not require the state, or its citizens, to use it; it just means it is safe to use. “It does not, in that regard, set any national policy that affects their state powers. But the plaintiffs are the ones here who are trying to dictate national policy by asking this court to withdraw the agency’s determination as to safety and effectiveness,” Straus Harris said.
Baptist was unable to cite a similar circumstance where an approved drug was taken off the market after 20-plus years of effective use. In his closing comments, Baptist blamed the FDA’s supposed “stonewalling” of the people and organizations bringing the anti-mifepristone case that brought everyone to that Amarillo courtroom. (Again, that’s a lie: The ADF didn’t file suit until after
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