West Virginia’s near-total abortion pill ban upheld by federal court

[Zincwarrior]

Federal court upheld the state of West Virginia's ban on chemical abortion drug mifepristone, despite its approval by the FDA. Looks like New York and California will get more telemed calls. ​

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West Virginia’s near-total abortion pill ban upheld by federal court​

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/07/15/west-virginia-abortion-ban-mifepristone-upheld/

The court upheld West Virginia’s 2022 law banning mifepristone for abortions in most cases.


A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed West Virginia to restrict access to mifepristone, the pill used to end pregnancies that has emerged as a focal point of legal battles over abortion.
The decision marks the first time a federal appeals court has allowed a state to strictly limit the drug, teeing up a key test of states’ powers to ban medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Mifepristone is the first part of a two-drug regimen for abortion. The medication has been used in more than half of all abortions since 2022, when the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization struck down the constitutional right to the procedure, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a policy group that supports reproductive rights.

Following the Dobbs decision, West Virginia passed a law banning surgical and medication abortions with limited exceptions, including to save the life of the mother or in cases of rape and incest. Abortion providers face felony charges under the state’s law.

 

[martybegan]

Federal court upheld the state of West Virginia's ban on chemical abortion drug mifepristone, despite its approval by the FDA. Looks like New York and California will get more telemed calls. ​

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West Virginia’s near-total abortion pill ban upheld by federal court​

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/07/15/west-virginia-abortion-ban-mifepristone-upheld/

The court upheld West Virginia’s 2022 law banning mifepristone for abortions in most cases.


A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed West Virginia to restrict access to mifepristone, the pill used to end pregnancies that has emerged as a focal point of legal battles over abortion.
The decision marks the first time a federal appeals court has allowed a state to strictly limit the drug, teeing up a key test of states’ powers to ban medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Mifepristone is the first part of a two-drug regimen for abortion. The medication has been used in more than half of all abortions since 2022, when the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization struck down the constitutional right to the procedure, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a policy group that supports reproductive rights.

Following the Dobbs decision, West Virginia passed a law banning surgical and medication abortions with limited exceptions, including to save the life of the mother or in cases of rape and incest. Abortion providers face felony charges under the state’s law.

Those telemed calls will be in violation of West Virginia law.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Those telemed calls will be in violation of West Virginia law.

Yep.

 

[martybegan]

Yep.

The oozing progressive arrogance on this just slimes its way out of your posts.

 

[Zincwarrior]

The oozing progressive arrogance on this just slimes its way out of your posts.

Incorrect. The arrogance that one state can prosecute citizens in another state is what is arrogant.

 

[DGS49]

So it seems to me that SOMEBODY ought to do a study to see if the well-publicized abortion ban causes any change in the reproductive behavior of WV's fecund women.

Are they more likely to use birth control, or refrain from copulating with men who are not good "daddy material"?

It is the classic case of static vs dynamic views of human behavior.

 

[Dekster]

Since the Big Beautiful Bill is going to deny a lot of the state access to healthcare, why not ban it since they already won't have access to it.

 

[martybegan]

Incorrect. The arrogance that one state can prosecute citizens in another state is what is arrogant.

So just start sending mail bombs to other States?

 

[Zincwarrior]

So just start sending mail bombs to other States?

That would violate the Federal Criminal code.

 

[martybegan]

That would violate the Federal Criminal code.

Pretending you can practice medicine in Texas or West Virginia without being licensed there is wire fraud.

Listen, if that woman travelled to NY to get the abortion, Texas or West Virginia couldn't do shit, unless she's a minor and not accompanied by a guardian.

This is different, where a NY doctor thinks they can fill a prescription in a State they are not licensed in.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Pretending you can practice medicine in Texas or West Virginia without being licensed there is wire fraud.

PLease cite the law to support your statement that it is federal wire fraud.

In this instance not only is there comity issues, but NY specifically has a shield law to protect doctors prescribing abortifacients.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Pretending you can practice medicine in Texas or West Virginia without being licensed there is wire fraud.

Listen, if that woman travelled to NY to get the abortion, Texas or West Virginia couldn't do shit, unless she's a minor and not accompanied by a guardian.

This is different, where a NY doctor thinks they can fill a prescription in a State they are not licensed in.

Alternatively the state could require no prescription whatsoever.

 

[pknopp]

Pretending you can practice medicine in Texas or West Virginia without being licensed there is wire fraud.

Listen, if that woman travelled to NY to get the abortion, Texas or West Virginia couldn't do shit, unless she's a minor and not accompanied by a guardian.

This is different, where a NY doctor thinks they can fill a prescription in a State they are not licensed in.

If their state allows it they can as Texas has found out.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

PLease cite the law to support your statement that it is federal wire fraud.

a doctor must be licensed to practice medicine. Unless the State he is licensed in has an agreement with the state the patient is in it is illegal. Pretty simple concept.

 

[martybegan]

PLease cite the law to support your statement that it is federal wire fraud.

In this instance not only is there comity issues, but NY specifically has a shield law to protect doctors prescribing abortifacients.

So NY can create a shield law to protect bombers as long as they send it out of State?

They are sending prescription drugs to people in Texas without the license to practice medicine in Texas.

That's fraud.

 

[martybegan]

If their state allows it they can as Texas has found out.

So a State can allow bombs to be sent to other States as long as the State has a law allowing it?

 

[Oddball]

So it seems to me that SOMEBODY ought to do a study to see if the well-publicized abortion ban causes any change in the reproductive behavior of WV's fecund women.

Are they more likely to use birth control, or refrain from copulating with men who are not good "daddy material"?

It is the classic case of static vs dynamic views of human behavior.

Interesting take.

I'm more interested in the toxicity of the pills...If they're killing off the zygote/fetus, what long term effects are they having on the women who take the pills?...And no, I don't trust the damned FDA's opinion on the matter.

 

[pknopp]

So NY can create a shield law to protect bombers as long as they send it out of State?

They are sending prescription drugs to people in Texas without the license to practice medicine in Texas.

That's fraud.

And as Texas found out, there is nothing they can do about it. Its not illegal in NY.

 

[martybegan]

And as Texas found out, there is nothing they can do about it. Its not illegal in NY.

It is illegal in Texas, and that is where the act occurred.

You guys are probably smirking and jerking off over this thinking it's so ******* clever.

 

[Dekster]

The New River is a smuggling highway. WV probably just wants to ban it so the god-fearing conservative legislature's nerdowell nephews can make money trafficking it.