NATIONWIDE — In response to today’s Supreme Court decision to preserve telehealth access to mifepristone while Louisiana v. FDA litigation continues, Dr. Regina Davis Moss, President and CEO of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, issued the following statement:
“Today’s decision preserves telehealth access to mifepristone for now, and that matters—but it also exposes just how fragile and temporary that access may be. No one should have to wait on a looming lower court ruling to know whether they will continue to receive the healthcare they need in the months and years to come.
Mifepristone is a safe, effective, FDA-approved medication that has been used for decades for abortion and miscarriage care. We should all be alarmed when courts are used to challenge established scientific findings, override evidence-based medicine, and harm millions of people seeking reproductive healthcare.
For Black women, girls, gender-expansive people, and communities already pushed to the margins of our healthcare system, the stakes could not be higher. Telehealth access to mifepristone is not a loophole, a shortcut, or a convenience. For many, it is an essential lifeline and can be the difference between getting timely care and being denied care altogether.
Today’s decision does not end the threat to medication abortion, but it strengthens our resolve. In Our Own Voice will continue fighting for lasting access to mifepristone, bodily autonomy, and our full vision of Reproductive Justice for Black women, girls, and gender-expansive people nationwide.”
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In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda is a national-state partnership focused on lifting up the voices of Black women leaders at the national and regional levels in our fight to secure Reproductive Justice for all women, girls, and gender-expansive individuals. Our eight strategic partners are Black Women for Wellness, Black Women’s Health Imperative, New Voices for Reproductive Justice, SisterLove, Inc., SisterReach, SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW and Women With A Vision.
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