In addition to the tweets promoting abortion over the Easter weekend, Pennsylvania’s pro-abortion Governor Shapiro has now launched a new website dedicated to all things abortion.
The website includes an interactive map to find an abortionist… a section on “Make a Plan” to get an abortion… and links to organisations that provide money for abortions.
The Shapiro Administration asserts that the website is a response to the Northern District of Texas ruling that reversed the FDA’s questionable approval of the abortion pill more than 20 years ago. It is notable that the Governor’s news release fails to mention the 28 women who have died after taking the dangerous drug mifepristone. Furthermore, the release fails to mention that chemical abortions have a fourfold higher complication rate than surgical abortions.
He stated that his administration is examining all potential avenues to ensure the continued accessibility of medication abortion, the expansion of reproductive care, and the protection of the freedom to choose, including the defence of abortion access as a party to Friday’s federal court ruling in Washington state under the leadership of Attorney General Michelle Henry.
The Washington state ruling ordered the FDA to maintain the status quo with regard to the distribution of mifepristone in 17 states and the District of Columbia. On Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals of the Fifth District issued a decision that maintains the part of the Texas ruling restricting the distribution of dangerous drugs. The Department of Justice has appealed the decision to the Supreme Court.
As Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life, observed, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals recognized that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) removal of regulatory safeguards for this dangerous drug increases the risk of life-threatening harm to women.
The Pennsylvania pro-abortion website represents the latest initiative of the Shapiro Administration to expand access to abortion services. In February, Shapiro joined the so-called “Reproductive Freedom Alliance,” a consortium of 21 pro-abortion governors who aim to promote abortion.
In the current legislative session, the Democratic Party has gained control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, a development that has implications for the state’s pro-life and pro-choice agendas. Nevertheless, Shapiro’s pro-abortion agenda may still be thwarted in the state Senate, where pro-life Republicans retain their influence.