Kevin M. O'Brien đź”°Apr 9, 2023
Charles Hildebrandt
RT @JoePostingg
It's so cool that a district judge can stay a 20 year old FDA approval because it makes him sad. We should have a random judge in California order the Treasury to pay all medical bills.
Apr 8, 2023 at 1:15pmWeb
Show threadPNW DebApr 8, 2023
@CGHildebrandt And ban viagra.
Show threadAngus McIntyreApr 8, 2023
@CGHildebrandt The good news is that the case can now go to the Supreme Court where originalist justices will uphold his ruling on the grounds that mifepristone isn’t mentioned in the Constitution.
Show threadBruce ByrneApr 11, 2023
@angusm @CGHildebrandt We'll, back in the day... https://today.uconn.edu/2022/08/abortion-in-colonial-america-a-time-of-herbal-remedies-and-accepted-actions/#
Abortion in Colonial America: A Time of Herbal Remedies and Accepted Actions - UConn Today

UConn historians discuss abortion in Colonial America

UConn Today
Show threadvolkrisApr 8, 2023

@CGHildebrandt

Here’s the opinion laying out the reason for the stay.

If the laws about FDA procedure, leading to the stay, need to be fixed, then let’s get on it.

https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/myvmojgodvr/ND%20Texas%20Abortion%20Pill%20Ruling%202023-04-07.pdf

Show threadKevin C 🎬Apr 9, 2023
@volkris @CGHildebrandt One of the reasons sited in the ruling was the FDA diddly dallied in responding to plaintiffs for years, and I can just imagine the FDA specialist rolling their eyes at the sheer silliness of the complaint and shoving it down the priority list of things they have to do.🤦‍♂️
Show threadLucy WildbloodApr 9, 2023
@kcarr2015 @volkris @CGHildebrandt I doubt it, I think it's more likely to be because women are systemically infantilized. Giving this med. to birth professionals to hand out (w/ availability say of Viagra), it'd be a good thing for women's health overall. Pple would be able to keep it on hand as it's normal to need it exactly at the moment that we find out that we need it (at 5 & a half to 6 weeks), if it takes 2 weeks to get your hands on it the risks go up considerably or you can't take it.
Show threadvolkrisApr 9, 2023

@outinthewoods

The issue is that the way the US legal system is set up, judges don’t really have to option of ignoring law just because they think it’s a good thing.

Or a bad thing.

It’s a sword that works both ways: because we don’t want judges doing bad things outside of law, that means we also can’t give them the freedom to do good things outside of law.

Show threadvolkrisApr 9, 2023

@outinthewoods

Well, it’s Occam’s Razor.

The simpler explanation is just that the court is following through on its simple legal mandate of pointing it out when agencies in power are in violation of the law.

And again, if the laws are bad laws, then this is how WE call for the laws to be revised. I think that’s so important.

If 21 U.S.C. § 355 needs to be changed to allow the FDA’s actions, let’s get to it!

Show threadvolkrisApr 9, 2023

@kcarr2015

Maybe so, but the issue is that the FDA was legally required to respond. No matter how hard the eyerolling is, well, that’s how Congress laid out the rules of the road, and failure to follow the legal rules leads to exactly this sort of situation.

Again: YES let’s revisit those rules and decide if they need to be changed.

We need to highlight the legal rules at issue so we can call for statutory reform.
@CGHildebrandt

Show threadbettybarcode (she/her) 🚲Apr 9, 2023
@CGHildebrandt
Or take AK-47s off the market.
Show threadRory HinnenApr 9, 2023
@CGHildebrandt @neilhimself it only seems to happen with a random Texas judge.
Show thread⚡️ Kozmo Voted Blue ⚡️Apr 9, 2023
@CGHildebrandt
He declared it ineffective and unsafe. Medical degree from Trump university?
Show threadLauren P. BurkaApr 9, 2023
@CGHildebrandt A judge could demand that the approval of viagra be rescinded because do you know what that shit does to your heart?
Show threadTor Iver WilhelmsenApr 9, 2023
@laurenpburka @CGHildebrandt well it started out as a new heart medicine that had an interesting side-effect. (Kind of how Post-it notes come from a failed glue project at 3M.)
Show threadTony FiskApr 9, 2023
@CGHildebrandt ... and another in N Dakota to order that all school lunches be paid for.
Show threadJamesApr 9, 2023

@CGHildebrandt

And indict Trump. For most anything. Just pick something.

Show threadRickApr 9, 2023
@CGHildebrandt I completely agree, as a former cancer patient, I believe we should be able to submit our medical bills with our tax returns and receive reimbursement as a "negative income tax", so that we can pay our rent/mortgage, utilities, groceries, etc.
Show threadPartly Peaceful ChrisApr 9, 2023
@CGHildebrandt 👏👏👏✌️
Show threadFrankApr 10, 2023
@CGHildebrandt Seems to be the perfect time for the left to use judges to get the job done using their own tactics. Just issue a judgement.