The White House on Wednesday expressed concern about the “devastating” implications of a possible decision by a conservative judge to ban abortion pills across the United States.
US presidential spokeswoman Karen Jean-Pierre told reporters that such a decision would be “unprecedented and devastating for women.”
“We are working closely with the ministries of justice and health to be prepared” for this possibility, she added.
Since February 24, the United States has been waiting for a decision that federal judge in Texas Matthew Kaksmarek could issue at any time now to decide on a lawsuit filed by opponents of abortion against the US Drug Administration to suspend the authorization it issued in 2000 to use Mifepristone, one of the two pills used by women to terminate the pregnancy. Getting them through medication.
The plaintiffs are asking the judge, who is known for his hardline positions, to suspend this license immediately and throughout the United States.
And if the judge orders the suspension of this authorization, his decision will have severe consequences, as 54 percent of the abortions that are performed in the United States today are performed through the use of drugs.
Terminating a pregnancy through medication is a much easier method than surgery.
Since the US Supreme Court issued, last June, its resounding decision to reverse the right to abortion as a right enshrined in the Constitution, some 15 US states have imposed bans on abortions as well as on abortion pills.
But women who live in these states can still obtain abortion pills from neighboring states.
