A district court had blocked laws prohibiting telemedicine abortions, ensuring second-trimester abortions only happen in hospitals or surgical centers, and requiring pregnant women be informed about fetal pain, among other things.
Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock declared it safe to allow mifepristone, the first half of the chemical abortion cocktail RU-486, to be taken home without medical supervision.
Sr. Dede Byrne is a medical provider with the Abortion Pill Rescue Network (APRN), devoted to helping mothers who regret taking the abortion pill save their children's lives.
'By suspending enforcement of the safety requirements on a nationwide basis, the district court has irreparably harmed both the government and the public more generally,' argued the Department of Justice.
'In addition to the more than 3.7 million children legally killed by the abortion pill, there is a significant body of research showing that chemical abortions pose serious health risks to women.'