Abortion Opponents Want Trump’s FDA to Act on Abortion Pill Restrictions

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U.S. abortion opponents are increasingly frustrated with the lack of action by President Donald Trump’s administration to stem the flow of abortion pills prescribed online that they view as undermining state abortion bans. A court ruling this week in a lawsuit the Louisiana attorney general brought against Trump’s Food and Drug Administration cast a spotlight on the simmering tension. The judge said the state has a strong case while declining to block telehealth prescriptions to the pill mifepristone for now. Anti-abortion groups are pushing the FDA to move faster with a review that they hope will result in restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, including blocking its prescribing via telehealth platforms.

The administration says the work takes time. The groups have focused mostly on the health agency and not the Republican president whose three U.S. Supreme Court appointees were instrumental in the 2022 ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed the state bans in the first place. But the administration’s requests in the Louisiana lawsuit and similar ones elsewhere to delay rulings until it finishes a review have sparked anger for some activists. “The stall tactics are beyond frustrating,” Kristi Hamrick, a spokesperson for Students for Life of America, said in an interview. Hamrick said the administration could also block the pills from being mailed by changing its interpretation of a 19th century law and enforcing it. U.S. District Judge David Joseph, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, gave a mixed ruling Tuesday in a case brought by Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and a woman who says her boyfriend coerced her into taking mif

Source: Abortion Opponents Want Trump’s FDA to Act on Abortion Pill Restrictions | Newsmax.com

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1 in 7 Christian universities support Planned Parenthood, abortion industry

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More than a hundred U.S. Christian colleges and universities reportedly have ties to Planned Parenthood or other services linked to the abortion industry, with a new report finding that Christian schools have increased their support of Planned Parenthood by near 20% since 2022.in 7 Christian colleges have abortion ties

source: 1 in 7 Christian universities support Planned Parenthood, abortion industry

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