{"id":428563,"date":"2024-06-13T08:34:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/?p=428563"},"modified":"2024-06-24T14:15:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T21:15:49","slug":"supreme-court-abortion-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_es\/health\/2024\/06\/supreme-court-abortion-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"Lo que significa para el acceso en California el fallo de la Corte Suprema sobre la p\u00edldora abortiva"},"content":{"rendered":"
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En su primer fallo sobre derechos reproductivos desde que revoc\u00f3 Roe v. Wade, la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos rechaz\u00f3 el jueves una demanda que cuestionaba la aprobaci\u00f3n por parte de la FDA de la p\u00edldora abortiva mifepristona.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n

Lea esta historia en Espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medication abortion will remain widely available to Californians after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by anti-abortion groups<\/a> and doctors to challenge the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s approval of the drug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a unanimous vote, the high court today said plaintiffs did not have standing to claim the FDA had inappropriately expanded access to mifepristone<\/a>, also known as the abortion pill. In doing so, justices temporarily upheld FDA regulations allowing clinicians to prescribe the pill via telehealth appointment and mail order delivery of the drug and sent the case back to the lower courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSpecifically, FDA’s regulations apply to doctors prescribing mifepristone and to pregnant women taking mifepristone. But the plaintiff doctors and medical associations do not prescribe or use mifepristone. And FDA has not required the plaintiffs to do anything or to refrain from doing anything,\u201d Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a group representing doctors and others opposed to aborto<\/a>, had argued that relaxed mifepristone regulations could cause doctors with moral or religious objections to treat patients arriving at the emergency room with complications related to taking the pill. The ruling stated that federal law already provides comprehensive protections for clinicians who object to performing abortions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kavanaugh wrote, \u201cplaintiffs have not shown \u2014 and cannot show \u2014 that FDA\u2019s actions will cause them to suffer any conscience injury.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision is the first abortion challenge to make it to the high court after justices overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated federal abortion protections in 2022. Justices are still considering a nearly four-decade-old federal law ensuring patients who arrive at an emergency room will get treated and are expected to rule later this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although advocates for abortion and reproductive rights were quick to celebrate the decision, many cautioned that the case could work its way through the court system once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile a sigh of relief, SCOTUS\u2019 decision today was decided on standing \u2014 not merits,\u201d Gov. Gavin Newsom said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. \u201cMake no mistake: radical anti-abortion activists will stop at nothing to deny women their rights to access reproductive care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anti-abortion group plans to continue lawsuit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement that the \u201cfight for reproductive rights across the country is far from over\u201d and reaffirmed the Department of Justice\u2019s commitment to protecting access in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“No matter how many lawsuits they file or challenges they bring, they cannot change the facts: mifepristone is safe and effective,\u201d Bonta said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion, California has strengthened abortion rights<\/a> and welcomed patients from states that have prohibited abortion. Most recently, Newsom signed a law allowing abortion providers from Arizona<\/a> an expedited licensing pathway in California. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alliance Defending Freedom, the group representing the plaintiffs in the abortion pill case, said in a statement that it would continue the legal battle. A lower court judge has already ruled that three states \u2014 Idaho, Missouri and Kansas \u2014 can join the case as plaintiffs. Legal experts say states often have a stronger standing argument because they have to provide access to health care services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile we\u2019re disappointed with the court\u2019s decision, we will continue to advocate for women and work to restore commonsense safeguards for abortion drugs \u2014 like an initial office visit to screen for ectopic pregnancies. And we are grateful that three states stand ready to hold the FDA accountable for jeopardizing the health and safety of women and girls across this country,\u201d Erin Hawley, senior counsel for the group said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abortion pill access<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

El aborto con medicamentos es el m\u00e9todo de aborto m\u00e1s utilizado y representa casi dos tercios de todos los abortos en Estados Unidos, seg\u00fan el Instituto Guttmacher<\/a>, a national reproductive health policy center advocating for abortion rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mifepristone, the pill at the heart of the Supreme Court decision, is part of a two-drug regimen for medication abortion<\/a>. It halts pregnancy by bloquear la hormona progesterona<\/a> before the second drug, misoprostol, empties the uterus by causing it to contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FDA approved mifepristone in 2000 and made it easier to access in 2021 when the COVID-19 pandemic made in-person dispensing requirements impossible. It is now used in nearly all medication abortions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A container with boxes of Mifepristone, a drug used for medication abortions, at the Alamo Women’s Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois on April 20, 2023. Photo by Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cathren Cohen, a staff attorney with the UCLA Center on Reproductive Health, Law and Policy, said a ruling against the FDA could have had a destabilizing effect on all pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe court, they\u2019re not scientists so for them to be second guessing the people with actual authority, which is the FDA, that\u2019s concerning,\u201d Cohen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The center submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on behalf of 300 reproductive health researchers detailing mifepristone\u2019s safety record. Dozens of studies have demonstrated its safety and efficacy over the past 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently researchers from Centro Bixby para la Salud Reproductiva Global de UCSF<\/a> conducted the mayor estudio sobre abortos por telesalud<\/a> and found that medication abortions obtained via telehealth appointments are just as safe as in-person medical care, with 98% of patients completing the abortion without the need of additional medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Newsom announced the state would stockpile the second drug in the medication abortion regimen, misoprostol, in case the Supreme Court decision resulted in a shortage. That stockpile has been depleted<\/a> and it was not immediately clear whether the state would replenish it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Misoprostol can be safely used alone for abortions but is more likely to have side effects when not paired with mifepristone, estudios muestran<\/a>. Ambos medicamentos tambi\u00e9n se usan com\u00fanmente para controlar los abortos espont\u00e1neos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Con el apoyo de la California Health Care Foundation (CHCF), que trabaja para garantizar que
las personas tienen acceso a la atenci\u00f3n que necesitan, cuando la necesitan y a un precio que pueden pagar. Visita
www.chcf.org<\/a> aprender m\u00e1s.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\t\n\t\t

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Una lucha por el aborto en Beverly Hills expone los l\u00edmites de la "libertad reproductiva" de California<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t

Se bloque\u00f3 la apertura de una cl\u00ednica propuesta que habr\u00eda realizado abortos posteriores en Beverly Hills. Mientras el gobernador Newsom se concentra en el acceso de las mujeres de Arizona, los funcionarios pasan por alto las barreras para los proveedores en California. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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Por qu\u00e9 los 'centros de embarazos en crisis' ser\u00e1n el pr\u00f3ximo campo de batalla sobre el aborto en California<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t

Los legisladores de California han aprobado una serie de leyes para proteger el derecho al aborto. Pero despu\u00e9s de que la Corte Suprema anul\u00f3 Roe v. Wade, muchos temen que intentar regular los \u201ccentros de embarazos en crisis\u201d sea legalmente riesgoso.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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