Court order on abortion pills puts young girls at risk
Friday, Apr 5, 2013
The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Litigation Counsel Catherine Glenn Foster regarding a federal judge’s decision Friday in Tummino v. Hamburg to make the morning-after pill available over the counter for all ages, not just for those with a prescription who are at least 17 years old:
“Parents and trained physicians are the ones responsible for the care of underage patients. The court’s decision wrongly allows pharmacies to distribute a life-ending drug over the counter to young girls without their parents’ or doctor’s knowledge or consent. Numerous studies have shown that these abortion-inducing drugs do not reduce the teen pregnancy rate and may even increase STDs, and the long-term effect these drugs will have on the health of young girls is still unknown.”
Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization that advocates for the right of people to freely live out their faith.
“Parents and trained physicians are the ones responsible for the care of underage patients. The court’s decision wrongly allows pharmacies to distribute a life-ending drug over the counter to young girls without their parents’ or doctor’s knowledge or consent. Numerous studies have shown that these abortion-inducing drugs do not reduce the teen pregnancy rate and may even increase STDs, and the long-term effect these drugs will have on the health of young girls is still unknown.”
Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization that advocates for the right of people to freely live out their faith.
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