South Carolina Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace, a supporter of limited abortion rights, says she would support the Food and Drug Administration ignoring an activist conservative federal judge’s upcoming ban of mifepristone, NBC News reports.
A survivor of rape when she was a teenager, Mace supports limited abortion rights in cases relating to rape and incest, but generally opposes additional access to the medical procedure. “This is an FDA-approved drug. Whether you agree with its usage or not, that’s not your decision,” she said. “That is the FDA’s decision on the efficacy, safety and usage of that particular drug,” adding “This [order] should just be thrown out, quite frankly.”
While the Justice Department seeks a court injunction to halt Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s order, the Biden Administration will balance the need of the public to access the medication versus respecting the court’s questionable order. Republicans frequently ignore court orders–whether it’s Donald Trump thinking he’s no subject to court orders demanding the return of government documents or the Trump Administration refusing to process DACA applicants after the Supreme Court ordered them to do so.