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West Virginia can restrict the sale of the abortion pill, despite federal regulators’ approval of it as a safe and effective medication, a federal judge has ruled.

U.S. District Court Judge Robert C. Chambers determined Thursday that the near-total abortion ban signed by Republican Gov. Jim Justice in September 2022 takes precedence over approvals from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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[–] FlowVoid@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Congress also created the ATF to regulate firearms, but that hasn't stopped states from banning weapons and magazines that are not banned by the ATF.

Also note that CAFE is a special case, because Congress specifically wrote a provision in the law that states were not allowed to set more stringent emission standards unless they obtained a waiver.

Anyway, states haven't really had reason to ban certain medications before, because until now medications were relatively uncontroversial. There is only one example I'm aware of: Massachusetts tried to ban a new opiate in 2014. They were sued by the drug manufacturer, and the judge sided with Big Pharma to undo the ban.

Massachusetts did not appeal, so apparently all we have for now is two contradictory opinions by two lower courts. In other words, legally uncharted waters. While one can certainly hope that future rulings will undo the mifepristone ban, realistically most observers acknowledge that preemption is a complex issue and neither side is certain to prevail.

[–] Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not sure the atf is going to be the best analogy because of some specifics in the law creating the fda, explicitly disallowing states or other bodies to make their own judgements on prescription drugs. Thanks for the other example of a time this was attempted, let's hope the ruling in the Massachusetts case wins out before the supreme court destroys the FDA and wreaks more havoc on the practice of medicine in the US.