The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact a state court decision invalidating an Oklahoma law that effectively banned the so-called abortion pill RU-486, with the justices deciding to sidestep a potentially contentious case.
The high court had been waiting for the Oklahoma Supreme Court to clarify a December 2012 ruling that had voided the law before deciding on whether to rule on the case. Last week, the state court issued a new opinion explaining its reasoning in more detail.
The U.S. high court's latest action means the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling is final. The state court said the effect of the law would have been a ban on all abortions by medications, and as a result "restricts the long-respected medical discretion of physicians" who decide that method is safer for some patients than surgical abortion.
That ruling invalidated a state law it said had the effect of banning abortion-inducing drugs altogether.
This is good news for the pro-choice movement, and kind of makes me feel a little better about the next one headed their direction from Texas.
The "morning after" pill and RU-486 are different. The morning after pill is just a big dose of birth control pills. RU-486 is Mifepristone.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, I changed my post to reflect that, thanks.
DeleteI'm confused about your comment, because RU-486 is not the same drug as the morning-after pill (Plan B). RU-486 is used to induce abortions non-surgically, while morning-after pills prevent pregnancy. http://ec.princeton.edu/questions/ecnotru.html
ReplyDeleteNo you are right. I actually got the two confused.
DeleteI have altered the post accordingly.
Thanks.
What, you're not going to defend your post, deny that you made a mistake and challenge me to a duel?! ;)
DeleteMy dueling pistols are in storage.
DeleteMaybe next time.
RU-486 The Wasillabilly safety net.
ReplyDeleteIt's a step in the right direction . I don't want anyone's stupidity to come between my doctor and my medical decisions, nor do I want anyone else's input to force a woman to carry a child she doesn't want or that may adversely affect her health and or life.
ReplyDeleteYou gotta love the terminology. RU-486. Are you for eighty sixing somebody?
ReplyDeleteNot by mistake my friends. Not by mistake.