{"id":1035914,"date":"2024-06-13T16:18:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T16:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1035914"},"modified":"2024-06-13T16:18:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T16:18:28","slug":"reminder-medication-abortion-is-still-under-attack-nationwide-by-trump-and-maga-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/reminder-medication-abortion-is-still-under-attack-nationwide-by-trump-and-maga-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"REMINDER: Medication Abortion Is STILL Under Attack Nationwide by Trump and MAGA Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, DNC National Press Secretary Emilia Rowland released the following statement:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Supreme Court\u2019s unanimous ruling that the MAGA extremists who sued the FDA in an attempt to ban medication abortion nationwide lacked standing does not<\/em> change the dire stakes of this election for reproductive freedom. It does not <\/em>change the fact that because of Trump, millions of women in states across the country cannot access the health care they need. It does not<\/em> change the fact that Trump bragged about overturning Roe<\/em> and thinks women suffering extreme physical, mental, and emotional harm because they can\u2019t access reproductive health care is a \u2018beautiful thing to watch<\/a>.\u2019 And it does not<\/em> change the fact that if elected, Trump and his allies want to effectively ban abortion nationwide with or without the help of Congress and the courts. This lawsuit was just one part of Republicans\u2019 relentless efforts to ban abortion in all 50 states and rip away access to reproductive health care \u2014 from safe treatment of miscarriages to IVF and birth control. The only way to stop the MAGA movement\u2019s attacks on our freedoms is to turn out the vote in November to win Democratic majorities in Congress and reelect President Biden and Vice President Harris \u2014 who will never stop fighting to guarantee women in every state have access to the care they need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Louisiana governor Jeff Landry signed into law a bill that criminalizes possession of mifepristone and misoprostol \u2014 the first of its kind in the country. This ruling does nothing to protect Louisiana women from this ban.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cLouisiana governor signs bill making two abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFirst-of-its-kind legislation that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances was signed into law Friday by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry. <\/strong>The Republican governor announced his signing of the bill in Baton Rouge a day after it gained final legislative passage in the state Senate. The measure affects the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol, which are used in medication abortions, the most common method of abortion in the U.S.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cLouisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill Friday classifying the abortion-inducing drugs misoprostol and mifepristone as Schedule IV controlled dangerous substances, a first-of-its-kind law that places them in the same category as narcotics and depressants.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Atlantic<\/a>: \u201cAbortion pills in Louisiana are now in the same category as drugs such as opioids and Xanax<\/strong>\u2014medicines that are thought to be at risk of abuse\u2014even though the medical community and the FDA widely consider mifepristone and misoprostol to be safe.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMifepristone and misoprostol have routine medical uses, such as inducing childbirth, stopping postpartum hemorrhages, and treating miscarriages. Under the new law, doctors must have a specific license to prescribe the drugs, and the pills would need to be stored in special facilities that rural clinics may find difficult to access. Experts predict that confusion about the law and fear of prosecution will have a chilling effect on patients and health-care providers.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump and anti-abortion extremists won\u2019t stop with banning and criminalizing abortion \u2014 they are coming for every aspect of women\u2019s reproductive health care and even opening the door to the death penalty for abortion patients. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cTexas GOP Appears to Put Death Penalty for Abortion Patients on 2024 Wishlist\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cFor 54 years they were trying to get <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong> terminated, and I did it, and I\u2019m proud to have done it. \u2026 Nobody else was going to get that done but me<\/strong>, and we did it, and we did something that was a miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cAfter 50 years of failure, with nobody coming even close, I was able to kill <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong>, much to the \u2018shock\u2019 of everyone \u2026 Without me there would be no 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 15 weeks, or whatever is finally agreed to.<\/strong> Without me the pro Life movement would have just kept losing. Thank you President TRUMP!!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cTrump Claims Credit for All Abortion Bans\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business Insider<\/a>: \u201cTrump boasts he’s ‘proud’ about his role in overturning Roe v. Wade, the issue that has become ballot-box poison for Republicans\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cTrump Says He\u2019s \u2018Proud\u2019 to Have \u2018Terminated\u2019 Abortion Rights\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cI’m the one that got rid of <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong>, and everybody said that was an impossible thing to do. I put on three Supreme Court justices. Very few people have had that privilege or honor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cGetting rid of <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong> was an incredible thing<\/strong> for pro-life because it gave pro-life something to negotiate with. Pro-life had absolutely nothing, being stuck in Roe v. Wade<\/em>, to negotiate with. \u2026 And look, everybody that was president wanted to get rid and tried to get rid of Roe v. Wade<\/em> … For fifty years, this has been going on. I was able to do it, and I was very honored to do it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cInside the MAGA Plan to Attack Birth Control, Surveil Women and Ban the Abortion Pill\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe attacks on mifepristone and resurrection of Comstock stand out as particularly harmful proposals, but they are only two of the dozens of ways the Republicans behind Project 2025 envision restricting access to abortion and contraception if they win the White House next year.<\/strong> Elsewhere in the document, there are proposals to eliminate the morning-after pill from the Affordable Care Act\u2019s contraceptive mandate under the rationale that it is a \u2018potential abortifacient.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interviewer<\/a>: \u201cDo you support any restrictions on a person\u2019s right to contraception?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump: \u201cWe\u2019re looking at that, and I\u2019m going to have a policy on that very shortly and I think it\u2019s something that you\u2019ll find interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interviewer<\/a>: \u201cThat suggests that you may want to support some restrictions? Like the morning after pill?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump: \u201cYou know, things really do have a lot to do with the states. And some states are going to have different policies than others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, President Biden and Vice President Harris are defending reproductive freedom at every turn. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cThe Biden administration announced new steps Monday to expand access to contraception, abortion medication and emergency abortion care at hospitals on what would have been the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cBiden administration announces new abortion initiatives on Roe anniversary\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cBiden administration moves to shield patients\u2019 abortion records from GOP threats\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democrats are leading the charge to restore and protect reproductive freedom. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cSenator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, plans next month to fast-track a Senate vote on a bill to protect access to contraception nationwide, the start of an election-year push to highlight Republicans\u2019 record of opposing reproductive rights that voters view as at risk of being stripped away.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 19th<\/a>: \u201cDemocrats in Congress run full-court press on reproductive rights ahead of Dobbs anniversary\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC<\/a>: \u201cState Democrats are leading on abortion policy. D.C. Democrats don\u2019t want to get left behind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cThe Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill. Democrats are campaigning on it\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cScoop: Senate Democrats plot reproductive-rights blitz\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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