you know what i wanted, but i knew in my head what was i should do. and so after weeks of contemplation, praying to my god speaking to my clergy, you know , i made the decision to, um to go through with the procedure. but i kept praying. make the decision for me to make the decision for me. and when i went for that, you know the ultrasound again. luckily god made the decision for me. and the pregnancy terminated on its own. and i was grateful for that. but do you know what i was really grateful for? that? i had the opportunity to make that decision. that i was a terrible process to go through, but it was my process to go through. it was my business when we discuss this, the only people in the room where my doctor, my husband and my god, the florida legislature and governor ron desantis did not belong in
somebody s home had been locked and somebody who had a copy of the key then decided to break back into that home. i mean, is it as simple as that? is this sort of like an honor system when it comes to national security issues. i mean, it is in some ways because you would hope, but that honor system is based on verify verify entrust right and the verification is not just the clearance itself. it s continuing reviews throughout the process. it is it is, too. they travel abroad. are they all of a sudden driving a fancy cars and then questions of espionage or they re getting paid by a foreign entity? um, are they going through something traumatic in their own life in which then the supervisor might actually limit their access? because people you know go through traumas and you don t want the necessarily to be to be to have access to this information. so the idea that it s like one and done right you get you get top secret clearance and then you know, please, please behave. that s not actua
access that it s had, but also because of the fact that this ruling just a week ago by this judge in texas, called into question the fda approval process. this drug was approved in the year 2000, and there has been a fair amount of data since then, in terms of feedback about the impact on women and how safe it is. so this is also a major focus because it s going to involved potentially the fda approval process. absolutely this is, you know it was as far reaching beyond abortion access to the fda approval for any new and existing drugs. so what s going to happen here is, jessica said. we have breathing room for five days. by tuesday noon, the original, um challengers, the antiabortion physicians and medical groups and anyone supporting them needs to get their filings into the supreme court by noon and tuesday. right now, we already have heard from the department. of justice. and the drug manufacturer, danko,
could act fast here. you know, because really guys if they don t the entire way this abortion pill is administered would change virtually overnight . it would still definitely be available. but there would be these drastic changes that the fda has laid out. you know, they re saying that they re unsure how exactly they would handle it. if the fifth circuit ruling goes into effect, and they re saying that this is really a process that demands just a lot more than just a flip of a switch. so the doj has asked the supreme court to step in there laying out all of these logistical hurdles. but here is what would happen if the supreme court does not step in at about one a.m. saturday morning, so just mere hours from now, 1/5 circuit ruling it would take effect, and that ruling says that women beyond seven weeks pregnant cannot take mifepristone went up until now they ve been able to get it up to 10 weeks pregnant. and also telehealth and prescription by mail options would just be eliminated s
the fifth circuit is known for being one of the most conservative in the country. and my guess is that this one inevitably reaches supreme court , which is exactly what anti abortion activists want. and what pro choice activists fear that perhaps even this extremely conservative court won t go so far as to shake the very foundations of the pharmaceutical approval process , which will not only impact kristen but drugs of all kinds, and there are also questions about whether the plaintiffs in the texas case, even have legal standing. and just to go back to the basics here. if you re not a woman of childbearing age, you might think you won t be personally impacted by the dueling rulings and events that are playing out of the fifth circuit court of appeals. but imagine what would happen if one single activist judge can simply append medical research and the fda approval process. imagine the dangerous ramifications for the biotech industry. imagine