What Would a Ban of
Abortion Pill Mifepristone
Mean for Women
in Santa Barbara?
Texas Lawsuit Against FDA Could Further Erode
Reproductive Rights Across the Country
by Callie Fausey | March 25, 2023
A lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is threatening the approval and nationwide distribution of a decades-old abortion medication used across the country, leaving people even in Santa Barbara’s blue boundaries wary about the future of reproductive health care.
Since the federal right to abortion granted through Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, conservative states and anti-abortion groups have been working to construct more barriers to abortion care. A conservative federal judge in Texas, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, is set to rule on the lawsuit targeting the abortion pill mifepristone, one half of a two-pill regimen that makes up one of the country’s most common methods to safely and effectively terminate pregnancies.
“I know women here in Santa Barbara who never thought that Roe v. Wade would be overturned, and they sat on the sidelines during elections thinking it would never be touched,” said Paula Lopez, president of the Santa Barbara Women’s Political Committee. “Well, now it’s not only touched; these rights are being yanked away, and they’re not stopping with Roe v. Wade.”
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