Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Tom on Abortion

 Abortion is the issue that will never go away and now we have dueling court orders that are diametrically opposed On Friday evening Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk who is an extreme conservative who has long been an anti-abortion activist ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) didn't take into account the psychological damage that occurs in cases where a woman receives a so-called medication abortion This sort of allegation is typical fabrication concerning the downside of getting an abortion From what I've read about the phenomenon Pro-life people almost always allege various types of psychological and emotional damage including but not limited to depression self-harming alcoholism and drug abuse Suicidal Ideation is also alleged and abortion is often claimed to be a causal factor in post-abortion cases of breast cancer All of these mythic allegations of the pro-life folks have been investigated and found to be baseless 


These claims by the ignorant are easily discredited but what worries me is the effective hijacking of the entire drug regulatory system by a scientifically ignorant federal Judge who believes that he is in direct contact with God For all of his blather about uninvestigated harms that come to women who receive abortions the judge somehow failed to note that the drug in question is among the safest drugs in the entire pharmacopeia Penicillin is more dangerous Viagra is more dangerous Tylenol is more dangerous And one of the most dangerous things that a young woman can engage in is...childbirth

The Department of Justice, (DOJ),  has filed a request before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals which is the circuit court that oversees the Amarillo Texas area. I'm not a lawyer, but you don't have to be a lawyer to see how flawed this case is. Aside from the factors that I noted above, the matters that will come up on appeal include matters of standing, (Was the plaintiff actually harmed? If the answer is no, the plaintiff has no standing. Case Dismissed) Has the Statute of Limitations passed? If the answer is no, the case is dismissed. The DOJ is asking the Fifth Circuit to stay enforcement of the district court order until the case can be properly considered This case is on a last track to the SCOTUS  

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