Democrats and leftist groups are working on ways to counteract and prepare for former President Trump’s possible return to the White House, including by blue-state governors hoarding abortion pills.
Supreme Court ruling be opposed to It’s a challenge to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulatory approval process for the abortion drug mifepristone, but some Democratic leaders are reportedly preparing for a hypothetical scenario in which the Trump administration revokes approval or uses The Comstock Act of 1873 criminalized the mailing of mifepristone.
“Washington state Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee said he has secured a sufficient supply of mifepristone pills to provide the drug to women in the state during the second Trump administration. The pills Locked in a state warehouse,” The New York Times and The Times published an article titled “The resistance to the new Trump administration has begun.”
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Gov. Jay Inslee talks about his plans to ensure voters have access to the abortion pill. (Inslee photo by Mat Hayward/Getty Images | Mifepristone by Shuran Huang for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
According to the Times, Inslee is not alone; he is “one of at least five Democratic governors who have established stockpiles of mifepristone to prevent any possibility of the Trump administration using federal power to block its interstate distribution.” sex.”
“We have it in Washington state, which could stop him and his anti-abortion forces from banning its distribution,” Inslee told The Times. “It only has a lifespan of five or six years. If there’s another Trump administration, we can get through this.”
Inslee’s aides have argued that the FDA agency itself could revoke approval of the drugs, in which case they would argue that the agency does not have the authority to restrict use of states’ existing drug stocks as long as they do not cross state lines.
In April, Trump said he supported leaving the abortion issue to states and the will of the people. He has previously expressed support for the 15-week abortion limit. Mifepristone can be used for miscarriage up to 10 weeks. He did not comment specifically on the abortion pill.
In addition to abortion pills, left-wing groups are preparing to fight Trump on a variety of legal issues.
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The liberal resistance group Democracy Forward “has developed a 15-page threat matrix covering issues such as abortion, health care, climate, civil rights, environmental protection, immigration and the ‘weaponization of government.'” They even “started Recruiting Compassionate plaintiffs will have legal standing in court, The Times reported.
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While not wanting to publicly express a lack of confidence in Biden’s candidacy, the Times reported that left-wing groups are “anxious over Mr. Biden’s low approval ratings and his continued trailing of the president in polls in states that could decide the outcome.” Intensified by Trump.” election. “
Fox News’ Brianna Herlihy, Bill Mears and Shannon Bream contributed reporting.
