{"id":36087,"date":"2026-05-22T21:17:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/?p=36087"},"modified":"2026-05-22T21:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:17:24","slug":"fdas-ruling-allows-video-call-exams-and-mail-order-abortion-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/fdas-ruling-allows-video-call-exams-and-mail-order-abortion-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA&#8217;s Ruling Allows Video Call Exams and Mail Order Abortion Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The abortion drug protocol which incorporates the drug mifepristone now accounts for more than 60% of the abortions taking place in this county. Not only does the administration of these drugs callously abandon a mother to suffer the process of abortion alone, the abortion drugs present significant health risks to the mother who takes these pills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">According to a comprehensive study conducted by the Ethics and Public Policy Center, <a href=\"https:\/\/eppc.org\/publication\/fact-sheet-excluded-adverse-events-in-real-world-study-of-mifepristone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the mother will experience \u201cadverse events\u201d<\/a> which include hospitalization in more than 10.93% instances after taking the drug.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Adding to the risk of taking the abortion&nbsp;drugs&nbsp;is a Biden era ruling by the Food and Drug Administration&nbsp;(FDA)&nbsp;which currently permits a health care worker to prescribe the abortion drugs by video call, never meeting the woman personally.&nbsp;The FDA ruling also allows a&nbsp;woman to arrange to receive the abortion drugs by mail order,&nbsp;often from unvetted sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Plaintiffs recently won a victory for women\u2019s health and safety by demonstrating to the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals&nbsp;the dangerous and irresponsible lack of oversight by the FDA. On May 1, 2026 theFifth Circuit, blocked the FDA from allowing mail order abortion. The Fifth Circuit expressed skepticism for the FDA\u2019s relaxation of safety guardrails including the removal of the \u201cin person\u201d exam requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Regrettably, on May 14, 2026 the Supreme Court suspended the Fifth Circuits order. The FDA\u2019s ruling allowing video call exams and mail order abortion drugs has been allowed to continue while the case is argued at the Fifth Circuit. Inevitably the case will return to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Dissenting in the decision to allow the FDA\u2019s abortion drug ruling to continue, Supreme Court Justice Alito noted the impact when mail order abortion drugs are sent to states like Louisiana which ban abortion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><em>[w]hat is at stake is the perpetration of a scheme to undermine our decision in&nbsp;<\/em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<em>,\u201d the court\u2019s 2022 decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion recognized in&nbsp;<\/em>Roe v. Wade<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Continue to pray for the overturning of the heartless and cynical ruling by the Biden Administration\u2019s FDA that allows video call medical exams and mail order abortion. Pray that women and their babies are protected. Pray also for the attorneys and judges as this works its way through the courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The abortion drug protocol which incorporates the drug mifepristone now accounts for more than 60% of the abortions taking place in this county. 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