DANGER! DANGER!
The Supreme Court's Abortion Pill Ruling Could Put Other Life-Saving Drugs In Jeopardy
If the Supreme Court of the United States undermines the FDA's authority on mifepristone, it opens the door to anyone interested in killing vital medicine for ideological reasons.
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The Lede
In a stark warning, much of the pharmaceutical industry is sounding alarms over a Supreme Court case that could fundamentally reshape medicine for Americans. If the highest court decides to usurp the FDA's authority on the mifepristone abortion pill, we could see similar challenges to well-established medicines like vaccines.
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- As we saw recently in Alabama, far-right activists and ideologically-aligned judges have the potential to upset established treatments like IVF with a single ruling. PhRMA, America's largest pharma group, has filed a brief with the SCOTUS over concerns like these.
- Beyond fertility and vaccines, another hot button topic is hormone replacement therapy. Should the Supreme Court set a precedent here, it could have huge ramifications for both trans people and other users of HRT.
