US Supreme Court scrutinizing Okla. RU-486 decision
Thursday, Jun 27, 2013
The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Casey Mattox regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s question to the Oklahoma Supreme Court Thursday that asks for clarity on its rationale for striking down a state chemical abortion regulation in Cline v. Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice. The law required doctors to abide by FDA requirements issued for use of the abortion drug RU-486:
“One of the government’s top priorities should be to protect the health and safety of its citizens, and that’s all that Oklahoma is trying to do. The unapproved use of RU-486 has been traced to many side effects and the deaths of several women. Oklahoma is therefore right to place the health and safety of its citizens above the bottom line and ideology of abortionists. We agree with the Supreme Court’s decision to inquire further into the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s poor and unexplained decision.”
In April, Alliance Defending Freedom and Family Research Council filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to review the case.
Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization that advocates for the right of people to freely live out their faith.
“One of the government’s top priorities should be to protect the health and safety of its citizens, and that’s all that Oklahoma is trying to do. The unapproved use of RU-486 has been traced to many side effects and the deaths of several women. Oklahoma is therefore right to place the health and safety of its citizens above the bottom line and ideology of abortionists. We agree with the Supreme Court’s decision to inquire further into the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s poor and unexplained decision.”
In April, Alliance Defending Freedom and Family Research Council filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to review the case.
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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