Monday, March 25, 2024

How rightwing groups used junk science to get a case before the US supreme court

Anti-abortion researchers 'exaggerate' and 'obfuscate' in their scientific papers – but by the time they're published, it's too late… 

 Adkins' concerns go to the heart of a problem that has bedeviled scientists for at least a decade: the judicial system's repeated adoption of poor-quality evidence to justify litigation and legislation to restrict abortion. Often that evidence is produced by the anti-abortion movement itself. 

 FDA v AHM is scheduled for oral arguments on Tuesday. The suit, brought by anti-abortion doctors, seeks to force the FDA to reverse decisions that relaxed restrictions on prescribing mifepristone. The Biden administration and the medication's manufacturer argue the doctors have no right to sue in the first place. 

 The study Adkins complained about is central to the doctors' case, and was cited heavily by a federal district court in Amarillo, Texas, that kicked off the government's appeal when it found in favor of anti-abortion doctors...

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