An inside look at the shifting risks to safe abortion providers

July 24, 2024 6:14 AM

As abortion pills cross state and federal borders, they also cross conceptual boundaries, shifting in status between legal and illegal. Any drug can acquire the label of a fake or falsified product, not because of problems in manufacturing but because of irregularities in packaging, distribution, regulatory authority, and mobility. Depending on its geography and the logistics of its journey, the same medicine can be considered licit or illicit, inexpensive or costly, even safe or dangerous. The Buyer, The Seller, The CEO, The Activist. Sydney Calkin for The Baffler (archive.org link)
posted by bq (2 comments total)

India is known as the “pharmacy to the world” because its large pharmaceutical industry has specialized in the production of inexpensive generic medications. It’s now such an important source of medicines for American consumers that the FDA maintains an office in New Delhi specifically to monitor Indian products headed for the United States.

this is the text of the recent decision: "We now overrule those decisions and return that authority to the people..."
this is the Declaration of Independence: "whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." [wiki]
posted by HearHere at 9:50 AM on July 24 [1 favorite]

That's a great writeup, thanks for posting it. Does a better job than I would have in describing the landscape right now.
posted by gimonca at 11:55 AM on July 24