Pediatricians Challenge the FDA to Protect Women and Girls at U.S. Supreme Court

March 26, 2024

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Washington, DC - The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) is asking the U.S. Supreme Court today to hold the FDA accountable for failing to protect the health of women and young girls in U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. ACPeds is a plaintiff in the case which asks the Supreme Court to affirm the lower court’s ruling that the FDA acted unlawfully when it removed crucial safety standards for chemical abortion drugs.

Dr. Michael Artigues, President of ACPeds, says, “We want to be part of making the FDA do what it is supposed to do: keep our patients safe. The FDA was established to protect the American public and should not be allowed to act recklessly with the health and safety of women and girls.”

Executive Director of ACPeds, Dr. Jill Simons, says, “The FDA’s own label states that roughly one in 25 women who take chemical abortion drugs will end up in the emergency room. Yet, it removed almost all of its original safeguards for the use of these drugs, leaving women to administer the drugs by themselves at home without ever having an in-person visit with a doctor to check for ectopic pregnancy, severe bleeding, and life-threatening infections. Women’s health matters, and we are asking the FDA to do its job.”

Watch a livestream of the oral argument here at 9:45AM ET, and listen to doctors at ACPeds speak on the case here.

To request an interview with attorneys at the Alliance Defending Freedom, please email media@ADFlegal.org.

The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) is a national medical association of licensed physicians and healthcare professionals who specialize in the care of infants, children, and adolescents. It was founded by a group of concerned physicians who saw the need for a pediatric organization that would not be influenced by the politically driven pronouncements of the day. The mission of the ACPeds is to enable all children to reach their optimal physical and emotional health and well-being. The ACPeds is committed to fulfilling its mission by producing sound policy, based upon the best available research, to assist parents and to influence society in the endeavor of childrearing.