Texas Abortion Pill Ruling

Recently, a judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of Texas said that the US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) made a series of legal errors in approving the abortion pill, mifepristone, for sale. He has delayed the impact of his decision for a week while President Biden’s administration appeals. However, if this ruling goes into effect, it could block sales across the country of the abortion pill. This pill is the most common method for ending a pregnancy as due to the overturned Roe vs Wade case last year, the Supreme Court withdrew constitutional protections for an abortion. With the overturning of this case, clinics have stopped offering abortion in about a third of all of the states. Access to abortion medication has become extremely challenging. Some states have banned the prescription of abortion pills and have imposed many other restrictions. Even with this already tight control on abortion, this new ruling that started from Kacsmaryk will lead to a national suspension of abortion-pill sales. This would impact states where the procedure has remained widely available since the overturned Roe vs Wade such as New York, California and Colorado the most by tightening the access to abortion intensely. Overall, this possible ruling will further the complications in todays day and age of accessing an abortion. There is already intense control through the overturned Roe vs Wade, but more can possibly come. This case will be handled by the Supreme Court leaving the future to be unpredicted.