Cleveland Councilwoman Stephanie Howse Jones joins as a signatory on an amicus brief asking US Supreme Court to vacate appeals court ruling to ban abortion pill Mifepristone by mail...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader
Cleveland Ward 8 Councilwoman Stephanie Howse-Jones Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanon linenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio —Cleveland Ward 8 Councilwoman Stephanie Howse-Jones, a Black Democrat, has joined more than 109 other signatories to Public Rights Project's amicus brief in Louisiana v. FDA to the United States Supreme Court to stay or vacate the ruling of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that effectively bans access to the abortion drug Mifepristone by mail-order nationwide. The high court has stayed the ruling for now. "We have to stop the Louisiana v. FDA ruling because people deserve the freedom to make their own healthcare decisions, not government representatives or politicians," said Councilwoman Howse-Jones, also a former Ohio state representative. "The 5th Circuit's ruling would take us backwards, block safe and proven care, and ignore the Constitutional rights of Ohioans. I'm not going to stand by while Louisi...