Merrick Garland Says States Can't Ban Abortion Pills

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2022/06/24/merrick-garland-says-states-cant-ban-abortion-pills/

Merrick Garland Says States Can’t Ban Abortion Pills
June 24, 2022 at 3:34 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard

Attorney General Merrick Garland said, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, “that states cannot ban mifepristone, a medication that is used to bring about an abortion, based on disagreement with the federal government on its safety and efficacy,” Axios reports.

According to the Washington Post, Garland also signaled the Justice Department “is preparing for legal battles on a host of related issues — from women traveling to states where the procedures are legal, to accessing pills that can induce abortions.”

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. What about interstate commerce?

Has it been addressed?

[babylonsister]

2. According to

the OP, yes...

...Garland also signaled the Justice Department “is preparing for legal battles on a host of related issues — from women traveling to states where the procedures are legal...

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. I saw that but I was wondering about USPS across state lines.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

7. Good question!!

[samnsara]

12. if i can get pot seeds mailed to me then im sure meds will get over state lines

[lapfog_1]

3. what is the federal law that would apply?

I am curious.

[LiberalFighter]

4. I don't think it is so much about federal law as it is federal jurisdiction.

States don't have the right to keep people from traveling or the use of FDA approved drugs.

[wryter2000]

25. I don't think you can mess with the postal service.

But the person below is correct about jurisdiction.

[PortTack]

5. One piece of good news. Now..it's up to us to help those in need without resources to secure

A “stash.”

Too…Merrick Garland is going to need very tight 24/7 protection!!

[anarch]

8. why not? the ruling seems pretty broad...why can't states ban all birth control, if they want to?

Or, I dunno, require that all women have at least two children by the age of 30, or face imprisonment and forced pregnancy? As I understand it, we're short on cheap labor these days, so we'd better build up a surplus, right? States' rights, hell yeah!

[Fiendish Thingy]

13. There's a separate SCOTUS ruling (Griswold) that makes birth control legal nationwide

Thomas wants to overturn that too, but it stands for the moment.

[Shipwack]

20. True, but the Christofascists define some birth control

…as abortifacients. In the Hobby Lobby case they claimed that some birth control caused “abortions”. Unfortunately, for some reason, there was no pushback against this.

Some states have declared that life begins when sperm meets egg, so anything that prevents the zygote from attaching is also an abortifacient.

[usaf-vet]

22. Thomas needs to STFU until he is ready to take on interracial marriage. HYPOCRITE! nt

[Bayard]

9. Well, there's one good thing then

But, I'm sure there will be lawsuits.

[myohmy2]

10. good...

...until the pukes take over the House, Senate and Presidency and make abortion and everything related illegal...

...even when we win, we lose...be happy

...

[SergeStorms]

23. And every unwanted child....

gets a free semiautomatic assault-style weapon at birth!

America! What a great country, huh?

[Casady1]

11. For now

The nuts will have a test case and when it goes to the Supreme court it will vote in favor of a ban.

[Ilsa]

14. I guess this will slow down the DOJ's investigation and

prosecution of the insurrectionists and trump?

[BumRushDaShow]

18. DOJ has *115,000* employees

with multiple Agencies/Bureaus/Offices, along with 94 U.S. Attorney Offices, and a number of associated Divisions to carry out the work.

https://www.justice.gov/agencies/alphabetical-listing-components-programs-initiatives



Maybe they can pull out some Bureau of Prisons staff to "work on the prosecution of the insurrectionists".

True story but before I retired from my agency, the building I worked in was shared with 11 other Departments including DOJ, where DOJ had a holding cell on one of the floors in the building managed by BOP and they would often frog-march prisoners into the building.

My agency had one of their offices down in the basement by the loading dock where they would bring the prisoners in, handcuffed, and if we were about to get on the elevator down there when a frog-march was underway, we were motioned away while they took the person up with only federal LEO in the elevator car (often done using the freight elevator).

THAT is the "reality" of "DOJ" (and I won't even get into the pallets of ammunition that ATF would have stacked out on the loading dock either).

[BlueIdaho]

21. Why?

I’m pretty sure the DOJ is big enough to prosecute more than one case at a time.

No doubt the Jan 6 Committee got washed off the news on Friday, but it now appears the DOJ has their own investigation of the Seditionist President’s actions for some time now.

[lonely bird]

15. The attempt will not focus just on the mail

Imo, it will focus on the manufacture of said pills. Transnational companies will be barred from making them elsewhere and shipping them into the U.S. The USPS will get charged with opening and inspecting packages for said pills.

Such legislation may not make it through but you can be your ass Republicans are thinking about it.

[calimary]

16. Why, Merrick! Where've you been? Just waking up, honey?

All this time we’ve been headed toward Hell and nobody’s heard a peep outta you.

Sure took a damn long time…

[MyOwnPeace]

27. I was thinking the same.......

funny how fast he was able to 'respond' to this issue.......

[jaxexpat]

28. My take as well and high time somebody said it. Why wake up today, Merrick? Pregnant?

Or is this something the congress can't do for you? Did Biden's speech, yesterday, make you come out of your hole?

Did you finally realize that, though you're not the president's personal attorney, you DO serve at his pleasure?

But seriously, folks, one guy on a part time gig is NOT going to make much difference. Why should he try? Why should we expect him to do anything important at all?

[area51]

29. +1 n/t

[Marthe48]

17. If women take a morning after pill after every sexual encounter

Will that impact their health?

I had a hysterectomy when I was 45. I know about this medicine, but I don't know much about it. I do know that if I had a uterus and was sexually active, we would use birth control, or this med. Or there wouldn't be sex.

I have great pity for women who wanted to get pregant and something goes wrong. Now, they not only won't get their baby, they might die. If they don't die, they will suffer. I feel sorry for children who have been raped, and will be forced to have a baby in spite of the horrible circumstances they survive. Little kids won't have access to a morning after pill, and the monsters who assault them won't be interested in providing it.

[Shipwack]

24. Does Garland really have any say in this?

I mean, isn’t this the process:
1) State makes burdensome, intrusive law
3) Garland decides to oppose it
4) Goes to lower courts
5) Goes to the Supremes
6) Supremes either decline to review or issue ruling
7) If the Supremes say law is good Garland does… what?


Or am I being ignorant here?

[hay rick]

26. Meanwhile...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

30. K&R