No a Judge Did Not Rule Abortion Pills are Safe

Late last week, U.S. District Judge Robert S. Ballou ruled that the Food and Drug Administration failed to justify some of its remaining safety requirements for mifepristone, the first drug used in the chemical abortion regimen.The Center for Reproductive Rights quickly declared the ruling a “win for science.” It claimed that mifepristone is “exceedingly safe” and that the remaining safeguards exist for political reasons.That is not what the court decided.Judge Ballou did not declare mifepriston