Governor Lamont and Coalition of Governors Urge the U.S. Supreme Court To Protect Access to Abortion Medication Mifepristone
Governor Ned Lamont today joined a coalition of 22 governors from states across the U.S. in filing an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Food and Drug Administration, et al., v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, arguing that, if the court allows a recent Fifth Circuit decision to stand, it could undermine governors’ ability to provide adequate healthcare services and would have far-reaching implications beyond reproductive healthcare.
The coalition of governors is known as the Reproductive Freedom Alliance. The group is a nonpartisan alliance committed to protecting and expanding reproductive freedom in the states they represent.
“Doctors have been safely prescribing Mifepristone for decades, and the only reason efforts to ban this drug are now making their way through the courts is for politically motivated purposes to restrict the ability of Americans to make these decisions themselves,” Governor Lamont said. “I stand with governors from across the country in calling on the Supreme Court to protect the ability of Americans to access this medication, and to recognize the independent scientific authority of the FDA.”
The Reproductive Freedom Alliance includes the following governors:
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs
California Governor Gavin Newsom
Colorado Governor Jared Polis
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
Delaware Governor John Carney
Guam Governor Lourdes Leon Guerrero
Hawai'i Governor Josh Green
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker
Maine Governor Janet Mills
Maryland Governor Wes Moore
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
New York Governor Kathy Hochul
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro
Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee
Washington Governor Jay Inslee
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers
Governor Lamont announced his intent to join the Reproductive Freedom Alliance in early 2023.