Page 119 - Comstock Act News Today

The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown open the once impenetrable blockade on state abortion regulations with its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, and now the battle over do-it-yourself home abortions using abortion pills is heating up.

Dozens of organizations, companies, and members of congress, along with nearly every state, have taken sides in the legal battle over abortion pills.

The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown open the once impenetrable blockade on state abortion regulations with its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, and now the battle over do-it-yourself home abortions using abortion pills is heating up.

Stakes are even higher now that the Supreme Court removed the federal constitutional right to an abortion, leaving it up to states to determine legality and access.

Life News

The following is a letter to the editor submitted to the Park Rapids Enterprise by a reader. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Park Rapids Enterprise. To submit a letter, email sgeisen@parkrapidsenterprise.com or mail it to Park Rapids Enterprise, 1011 1st. ST. E., Suite 6, Park Rapids, MN 56470.

Most abortions today aren’t performed surgically. Rather, the growing majority result from taking drugs designed to induce abortion. President Biden’s Food and Drug Administration has been dropping long-standing safety restrictions on those drugs, including the requirement that they be obtained directly from a health care provider.

States have issued restrictions on do-it-yourself abortion pills while the federal government has loosened regulations. Whose law is supreme?

A federal law on the books for more than a century bans using the mail to send anything that can be used to induce abortion.

The lawsuit filed in US District Court aiming to overturn FDA approval for mifepristone could effectively ban abortion for the majority of American women.