From 'bare minimum' to 'alarming': 7 reactions to Supreme Court's abortion pill ruling

By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter
The president of the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Brent Leatherwood speaks in a panel discussion about religious persecution around the world and its connection to U.S. refugee resettlement and asylum policies on September 20, 2023, at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C.
The president of the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Brent Leatherwood speaks in a panel discussion about religious persecution around the world and its connection to U.S. refugee resettlement and asylum policies on September 20, 2023, at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. | The Christian Post/Nicole Alcindor

Brent Leatherwood

Brent Leatherwood, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, published an X thread about the decision.

"#SCOTUS decided not to rule on the merits of prior safety standards related to abortion pill and the FDA's action to remove those standards, which included in-person visits. If anyone truly cares about women's health, this decision should be alarming," he wrote. 

"The chemical abortion drug at the center of this case has been shown to have harmful and life-threatening effects on mothers," he detailed. "And, obviously, it destroys preborn lives that deserve protection."

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Leatherwood expressed disappointment that "the Court would prefer this matter is solved thru other means" since "the time it will take for other measures to be put in place affords more time for the abortion industry to target mothers — and preborn lives will inevitably be lost."

He characterized the loss of lives to abortion from the abortion pill as "what makes this loss so heartbreaking."

Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com

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