SCOTUS

[nwhiker]

This morning, they continued their evisceration of the separation of church and state.

Expected later this week: West Virginia vs EPA, which will probably remove all or most authority from regulating agencies. This one will be catastrophic in its impact.

My expectation: listening to regulatory agencies will be left up to the states -states' rights are good unless they're gun control- and that will include the FDA. Except some states to refuse some FDA approved medications to be sold in their states, like, oh, Plan B, misoprostol (stomach ulcers and medication abortion), puberty blockers, any medication used primarily by transfolk etc.

I don't know if they'll go directly, or right away, after contraceptive pills, but some might. I also expect that some devices that are FDA regulated will be banned, like IUDs.

I do very much hope I'm wrong.

As always, thanks Bernie! Thanks Jim! Thanks Susan and Jill! And Vladimir too! I so love living in a dystopian United States.

Comments

[camelsamba]

while in the car, i heard about the decision on some doctors who were overprescribing opioids - their conviction was overturned because it couldn't be proven they had intent, or something like that. I was initially outraged (still kind of am outraged about the details of those doctors) but I'm also thinking doctors in many states (esp Texas with the bounty bill) could use that reasoning: "I believed she was in the process of miscarrying and needed misoprostol to finish it." Or "I sincerely believed her life was in danger" (at least in states where that will still be allowed).
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/27/politics/supreme-court-doctors-opioids/index.html

[nwhiker]

That's a good point, about yesterday's (unanimous) decision. I hope you're right.