A federal appeals court just upended access to medication abortion. Demand Federal Action on Abortion Rights and Access 2MAI26

THIS call to action from the ACLU is from 2 MAI, today, 4 MAI, scotus has restored access to Mifepristone until 11 MAI while this case is reviewed by the court. Please sign the petition to Congress telling them to pass legislation protecting a woman's right to choose her reproductive healthcare options whenever she needs to make a decision. Share this with as many as you can and please take the time to e mail your representative and senators with the same message. My e mails will be at the end of this post.....

Yesterday, a federal appellate court ruled that health care providers can no longer mail the abortion pill mifepristone to their patients, cutting off access to a safe and effective medication for countless people. Unless the Supreme Court overrides this decision, it will upend how people get abortion and miscarriage care – even in states where abortion is protected. The barriers to care will be greatest for people who live far (sometimes hundreds of miles) from a health center, and for people who live on low incomes, live with disabilities, or who are facing intimate partner violence. Mifepristone is an FDA-approved medication that's been used safely and effectively for abortion and miscarriage care for over 25 years. Yet anti-abortion politicians are obsessed with spreading lies and propaganda to restrict access to this medication in defiance of science, law, and public opinion. With this ruling, anti-abortion politicians are one step closer to their goal of ending all abortion access nationwide – but the fight's not over. This case is now going to the Supreme Court's emergency docket, where the justices will decide whether to overturn this baseless ruling or allow a major rollback in abortion access. However, these attacks won't end until Congress acts to protect our right to abortion once and for all. Tell Congress to protect the right to abortion, including medication abortion, and guarantee meaningful access to abortion for everyone, regardless of who they are or where they live. Take Action Our right to reproductive freedom can't wait. Thanks for fighting with us, J.J. Straight Pronouns: She, her, hers National Campaigns Director for Reproductive Rights, ACLU

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Sign up for ACLU texts  We respect your right to privacy – view our policy. This email was sent by: ACLU 125 Broad St. New York, NY 10004  MY E MAIL TO REP SUBRAMANYAM D-VA 10TH, SEN WARNER D-VA AND SEN KAINE D-VA As your constituent, I ask you to do everything in your power to ensure everyone has meaningful access to abortion care nationwide. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, America has been facing a reproductive health crisis. Abortion is banned or severely restricted in more than a dozen states, with devastating consequences. Not satisfied with that, anti-abortion politicians have launched a multi-front attack on medication abortion – and a federal court just agreed to make it harder for people everywhere in the country to get that care, even as the Trump administration has been laying the groundwork for new nationwide restrictions through a sham FDA review. We cannot fix this crisis without a federal right to abortion. Even under Roe v. Wade, people faced serious barriers to accessing abortion care due to cost, distance, arbitrary gestational limits, and immigration status. And many of those barriers still exist today in states where abortion remains legal. Any federal solution must not only restore the right to abortion nationwide but go beyond Roe and remove these barriers to access. We need a federal law that not only protects our right to abortion care but also ensures people can get the care they need, regardless of income, immigration status, or where they live. Though the Supreme Court has restored access to Mifepristone this is only until 11 May pending a decision by the court. Women must be guaranteed the right to make their own reproductive decisions, this is what the people want. The vast majority in the U.S. – across party lines, gender, age, race, and religion – support the right to abortion and believe politicians shouldn't interfere in our personal medical decisions. They've said so time and again, voting to protect abortion rights in states like Arizona, Missouri, and Ohio. Enough of these immoral, hypocritical pro birth laws the right wing "religious" social engineers propagandize as pro life being forced on the nation! Opposition to abortion is not pro life, it is pro birth. The morality of pro birthers is deeply lacking as they oppose taxes being spent to provide the funding necessary to provide food, shelter, healthcare and education for children they insist in being born. That’s why Congress must act to ensure everyone has access to abortion nationwide. Please commit to restoring a federal right to abortion and ensuring true access for all. Sincerely,

Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Access to Abortion Pill by Mail 4MAI26

 EVERY restriction on a woman's right to control their reproductive health decisions should have to include guarantees the child will be provided with middle-class nutrition, housing, healthcare, childcare, preschool, and education. Enough of these immoral, hypocritical pro birth laws the right wing "religious" social engineers propagandize as pro life being forced on the nation! This from the New York Times.....

Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Access to Abortion Pill by Mail

A lower-court ruling had reinstated a Food and Drug Administration requirement that patients visit a health care provider in person to obtain mifepristone.

By Ann E. Marimow

Ann E. Marimow covers the Supreme Court.

May 4, 2026Updated 11:30 a.m. ET

The Supreme Court on Monday restored nationwide access to a widely used abortion medication in a temporary order that will, for now, allow women to once again obtain the pill mifepristone by mail.

In a brief order, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. paused a lower-court ruling from Friday that had prevented abortion providers from prescribing the pills by telemedicine and shipping them to patients, causing confusion for providers and patients. The one-sentence order imposes a pause until at least May 11. He requested that the parties file briefs by Thursday, and then the full court will determine how to proceed.

The state of Louisiana sued the Food and Drug Administration to restrict access to mifepristone, saying the availability of the medication by mail has allowed abortions to continue in the state despite its near-total ban.

Medication is now the method used in nearly two-thirds of abortions in the United States, and is typically delivered in the form of a two-drug regimen through the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Friday’s ruling from the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit temporarily reinstated an F.D.A. requirement that patients visit medical providers in person to obtain mifepristone while the litigation continues. That rule was first lifted in 2021.

Two manufacturers of mifepristone, Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro, on Saturday asked the Supreme Court to intervene. In court filings, they said the Fifth Circuit ruling would cause chaos for providers and patients — and upend a major avenue for abortion access across the country. About one-fourth of abortions in the United States are now provided through telemedicine.

Justice Alito’s order, known as an administrative stay, was provisional and expected, but an important interim step for women seeking to obtain mifepristone in the next week. The order does not signal how the full court may eventually handle the case.

Justice Alito acted on his own at this stage because he is the justice assigned to handle emergency applications from the region of the country covered by the Fifth Circuit.

The Trump administration has defended the F.D.A. in court, but has not said whether it supports keeping in place the regulations that make it easier for women to obtain the pills. The F.D.A. is conducting a review of mifepristone, and the administration had asked the lower court to put the litigation on hold until that review is complete.

The case over access to the abortion pill puts the Trump administration in an awkward political position in the lead up to the midterm elections because many of President Trump’s allies and supporters oppose abortion. A spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the F.D.A., declined to comment on Saturday, citing the “ongoing litigation.”

After the Supreme Court’s decision in 2022 to eliminate the nationwide right to abortion, Republican-led states like Louisiana imposed strict bans. In response, many Democratic-led states passed shield laws that protect abortion providers who prescribe pills by telemedicine and send them to patients in states with abortion bans.

Louisiana and abortion opponents have asserted in court that the F.D.A.’s decision to allow abortion pills to be available by mail posed safety risks to women and increased health care costs for states that had banned abortion.

Major medical organizations and supporters of reproductive rights have pointed to more than 100 studies that have found the pills to be safe and effective, with serious side effects rare.

Ann E. Marimow covers the Supreme Court for The Times from Washington.

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Lo siento, pero Donald Trump no es "Pro-Vida" 1NOV16

Cada vez más el ala derecha "pro-vida" están siendo llamados por su hipocresía, y es sobre todo debido a las alas derecha evangélica justificación de su apoyo a la campaña drumpf / trompeta-peniques debido a su retórica "pro-vida" . La hermana Joan Chittister y Pres Jimmy Carter pusieron en términos muy claros, señalando a favor de la natalidad no es el mismo que el pro-vida y elegir candidatos que constantemente votan para negar la financiación adecuada para la red de seguridad social de Estados Unidos no representa los valores cristianos. + benjaminlcorey   expone Donald drumpf / triunfo para el fraude "pro-vida" que es y desafía a los valores cristianos de los partidarios del billete drumpf / trompeta-peniques. 

Lo siento, pero Donald Trump no es "Pro-Vida"

1 de noviembre de, el año 2016  por  el Dr. Benjamin L. Corey 

(C) Gage Skidmore, Flickr Creative Commons

Como hemos visto a las elecciones se desarrollan durante esta temporada política dolorosamente largo, hemos visto a los cristianos evangélicos oscilar de un extremo a otro. Durante la temporada de elecciones primarias, los evangélicos eran en su mayoría vocales sobre cómo horrible Donald Trump es como candidato presidencial, en un punto que provocó todo el movimiento #NeverTrump. Sin embargo, cuando se convirtió en el candidato, finalmente consiguieron en bordo- al menos la mayoría de ellos.

Una y otra vez, la justificación Evangélica para apoyar Trump básicamente se reduce a un punto: Él es "pro-vida".

Incluso si eso fuera cierto, ya he desmentido la creencia de que esto significaría nada tangible, como  se trataba de un Escoto republicano que legalizó el aborto, y un Escoto Republicano que la confirmó en Planificación de la Familia v. Casey .

Pero eso es casi irrelevant- porque me siento, pero Donald Trump no es "pro-vida".

En el corazón y la esencia de lo que significa ser pro-vida es una creencia profunda e inamovible, que toda la vida tiene valor y el valor infinito, y que este valor innato debe ser algo que como un honor a la cultura y el valor.

Ahí es donde begins- ser pro-vida y Donald Trump no compartir esa creencia fundamental.

Trump puede reclamar para compartir esa creencia fundamental, pero su comportamiento nos muestra lo contrario- y la Biblia nos recuerda que podemos conocer un buen árbol de un árbol malo por la fruta que lleva.

Es decir, 'cmon, la gente. Vamos a utilizar realmente el cerebro que Dios nos dio y piensan éste a través.

Nada sobre decir, "Me gusta tomar sólo las mujeres por el coño" refleja la opinión de que todas las personas tienen un valor sagrado y que deben ser respetados.

Nada de burla a las personas con discapacidad física dice que una persona tiene una creencia fundamental de que toda vida tiene valor y el valor.

Nada sobre el acaparamiento de una mujer y besándola sin consentimiento, decirle a un empleado que había "parece realmente buena de rodillas", o decir que es difícil para las mujeres con pechos pequeños para ser bella, nos dice que es un hombre que cree que la imagen de Dios en los demás debe ser respetada y protegida.

Nada sobre la deportación de los padres indocumentados de niños nacidos de Estados Unidos, la destrucción de las unidades familiares y la creación de los huérfanos, habla a una creencia fundamental acerca del valor de la vida humana.

Nada sobre la defensa que matar a toda la familia de los sospechosos de terrorismo nos dice que él cree que toda la vida es sagrada.

De hecho, ni siquiera necesito seguir esta lista con el fin de darse cuenta de que no sólo es totalmente falso que Donal Trump es pro-vida, sería más exacto decir que Donald Trump es el  mínimo  candidato pro-vida para funcionar para el presidente en la historia moderna.

Afirmar que Donal Trump es pro-vida quiere decir que uno puede pertenecer a un movimiento sin * * realmente creer en las creencias fundamentales que un movimiento dado se basa en.

Hay un montón de espacio para el desacuerdo en lo que significa ser pro-vida. Algunas personas pro-vida creen en la penalización del aborto (vuelco Roe v. Wade), mientras que otros de nosotros creemos que esto sería ineficaz y en realidad causar más daño sin reducir abortos. Algunos creen en la predicación de ello en la esquina de la calle, mientras que algunos de nosotros preferimos vivir una vida más tranquila que cultivan una cultura de la vida.

Pero, ¿qué estamos todos de acuerdo? La una creencia que todos compartimos en común es que la vida humana es sagrada, que debe ser valorada, protegida, y honrado.

No estamos de acuerdo y el debate sobre la forma en que la creencia debe ser vivido en la cultura. No estamos de acuerdo y el debate sobre el papel del gobierno en este sistema ético y qué leyes o restricciones son beneficiosos o perjudiciales.

Nos disagre y debate sobre un montón de cosas. Pero lo que no estamos en desacuerdo sobre la premisa ética es: toda vida es sagrada.

No registrado delincuente sexual Donald Trump no comparte esta creencia; sus acciones en un testigo del oso a diario para que la verdad.

Por lo tanto, estoy siento- pero no, Donald Trump no es pro-vida.

Y si usted piensa que él es, así, entonces creo que te has perdido profundamente a toda la premisa ética detrás del término.

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I’m Sorry, But Donald Trump Is NOT “Pro-Life” 1NOV16

MORE and more the right wing "pro-lifers" are being called out for their hypocrisy, and it is mostly because of the evangelical right wings justification of their support for the drumpf/trump-pence campaign because of their "pro-life" rhetoric. Sister Joan Chittister and Pres Jimmy Carter laid it out in no uncertain terms, pointing out pro-birth is not the same as pro-life and electing candidates who consistently vote to deny adequate funding for the American social safety net does not represent Christian values. +benjaminlcorey  exposes donald drumpf/trump for the "pro-life" fraud he is and challenges the Christian values of supporters of the drumpf/trump-pence ticket. 

I’m Sorry, But Donald Trump Is NOT “Pro-Life”

November 1, 2016 by Dr. Benjamin L. Corey 

(c) Gage Skidmore, Flickr Creative Commons

As we’ve watched the election unfold during this painfully long political season, we’ve watched Evangelical Christians swing from one extreme to another. During the primary season, Evangelicals were overwhelmingly vocal about how horrid Donald Trump is as a presidential candidate, at one point sparking the whole #NeverTrump movement. Yet, when he became the nominee, they finally got on board– at least most of them.

Time and time again, the Evangelical justification for supporting Trump basically boils down to one point: He’s “pro-life.”

Even if that were true, I’ve already debunked the belief that this would tangibly mean anything, as it was a Republican SCOTUS that legalized abortion, and a Republican SCOTUS that upheld it in Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

But that’s almost irrelevant– because I’m sorry, but Donald Trump is not “pro-life.”

At the heart and core of what it means to be pro-life is a deep, unshakable belief, that all life has infinite worth and value, and that this innate worth should be something we as a culture honor and value.

That’s where being pro-life begins– and Donald Trump doesn’t share that foundational belief.

Trump may claim to share that foundational belief, but his behavior shows us otherwise– and the Bible reminds us that we can know a good tree from a bad tree by the fruit that it bears.

I mean, ‘cmon, people. Let’s actually use the brains God gave us and think this one through.

Nothing about saying, “I like to just grab women by the pussy” reflects a view that all people have sacred value and that they should be honored.

Nothing about mocking people with physical disabilities says that a person holds a foundational belief that all life has worth and value.

Nothing about grabbing a woman and kissing her without consent, telling an employee that she’d “look really good down on her knees,” or saying that it’s hard for women with small breasts to be beautiful, tells us this is a man who believes that the image of God in others must be honored and protected.

Nothing about deporting the undocumented parents of U.S. born children, destroying family units and creating orphans, speaks to a foundational belief about the value of human life.

Nothing about advocating that we kill the entire families of suspected terrorists tells us that he believes that all life is sacred.

In fact, I don’t even need continue this list in order to realize that not only is it patently untrue that Donal Trump is pro-life, it would be more accurate to say that Donald Trump is the least pro-life candidate to run for president in modern history.

To claim that Donal Trump is pro-life is to say that one can belong to a movement without *actually* believing the foundational beliefs that a given movement is based upon.

There’s plenty of room for disagreement in what it means to be pro-life. Some pro-life people believe in criminalizing abortion (overturning Roe v. Wade), while others of us believe that this would be both ineffective and actually cause more harm without reducing abortions. Some believe in preaching about it on the street corner, while some of us prefer to live more quiet lives that cultivate a culture of life.

But what do we all agree on? The one belief we all share in common is that human life is sacred, that it should be valued, protected, and honored.

We disagree and debate over how that belief should be lived out in culture. We disagree and debate over the role of government in this ethical system and which laws or restrictions would be helpful or harmful.

We disagre and debate on a lot of things. But what we don’t disagree on is the ethical premise: all life is sacred.

Unregistered sex offender Donald Trump doesn’t share that belief– his actions on a daily basis bear witness to that truth.

So, I’m sorry– but no, Donald Trump is not pro-life.

And if you think he is, well, then I think you’ve profoundly missed the entire ethical premise behind the term.

THE REAL MEANING OF PRO LIFE