UltraViolet on the Supreme Court’s Announcement Today That It Would Take Up a Case Determining Whether the Mifepristone Abortion Pill Could Remain on the Market
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, December 13, 2023
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UltraViolet on the Supreme Court’s Announcement Today That It Would Take Up a Case Determining Whether the Mifepristone Abortion Pill Could Remain on the Market
Statement from Shaunna Thomas, co-founder and executive director of UltraViolet:
“Today’s announcement that the Supreme Court will take up a 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision undermining access to mifepristone, a widely used medication abortion pill that has been on the market for more than two decades is proof positive that abortion rights remain under threat – and the Republican extremists who hijacked our Courts will stop at nothing to advance their sexist agenda.
“Let’s be clear: we should have never gotten to this point. We are here because the Republican Party has hijacked our Courts, and created a pipeline of extremist judges to fast-track a radical agenda to a Supreme Court stolen by Donald Trump, Sen. Mitch McConnell and his Republican cronies.
“This is a crisis. Mifepristone is a safe, legal FDA-approved medication. The 5th Circuit’s politically motivated decision to curtail access to this life-saving drug, despite its availability for the past twenty-three years, is detrimental to us all. In times like these, every single one of us must make a choice: Will we stand by and let extremist judges impose their sexist agendas on millions of people, or step up to protect the rights of women and pregnant people to make decisions about their own bodies? History will remember which side we choose.”
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