"The Fifth Circuit Court recently ordered the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to rescind guidance permitting the use of telemedicine for mifepristone, one of the two medications used for medication abortion. The US Supreme Court on Monday announced a one week stay on the Fifth Circuit's order, once again allowing the FDA to permit telemedicine abortion."
"Multiple states have explored legislation that would define abortion as homicide. A new federal bill calls for people having miscarriages to use 'catch kits' to prevent water contamination, with criminal penalties for failure to do so."
"The 'criminalization of pregnancy' is a legal phenomenon where, but for the fact of a person's pregnancy, there would be no crime. Despite the recent uptick in interest, pregnancy criminalization is not new - it was alive and well even when Roe was in place."
The Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision has intensified efforts to criminalize abortion in the U.S. The Fifth Circuit Court's order to rescind telemedicine guidance for mifepristone highlights this trend. Although the Supreme Court temporarily stayed this order, the push to eliminate telemedicine abortion reflects a broader movement against abortion rights. States are considering laws defining abortion as homicide, and the phenomenon of pregnancy criminalization is becoming more prevalent, with arrests related to self-managed abortions frequently reported in the media.
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