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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2021

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References

1 445 F.3d 470 (D.C. Cir. 2006).

2 Id.

3 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 355 (2000).

4 Id.; Abigail, 445 F.3d at 473.

5 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act § 355.

6 Abigail, 445 F.3d at 473 (citing 21 C.F.R. § 312.21(2005)).

7 Id.

8 Id.

9 Id.

10 Id. The Alliance is a non profit group that advocates for making experimental drugs available to terminally ill patients while the drugs are still in the developmental phases. The suit was brought on Alliance's behalf by The Washington Legal Foundation, a non profit law firm that focuses on challenges to regulatory agencies.

11 Abigail, 445 F.3d at 473 (citing 21 C.F.R. § 10.30 (2005)).

12 Id.

13 Id. at 474.

14 Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6).

15 Abigail, 445 F.3d at 474.

16 Id. at 475.

17 Id.

18 Id. (quoting Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57, 65 (2000) (plurality opinion)).

19 Abigail, 445 F.3d at 476.

20 Id. (quoting Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833, 851 (1992)).

21 Abigail, 445 F.3d at 476 (citing Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997)).

22 Glucksberg, 521 U.S. at 702.

23 Abigail, 445 F.3d at 477.

24 Id.

25 Id. at 476 (quoting Moore v. City of East Cleveland, 431 U.S. 494, 504 (1977)).

26 Abigail, 445 F.3d at 476-77 (quoting Glucksberg, 521 U.S. at 721).

27 Abigail, 445 F.3d at 477 (quoting Glucksberg, 521 U.S. at 721-23).

28 Abigail, 445 F.3d at 478.

29 Id.

30 Id.

31 Id.

32 Id. at 480.

33 Id. at 481.

34 Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, Pub. L. No. 59-384, 34 Stat. 768 (repealed 1938).

35 Abigail, 445 F.3d at 481.

36 Id.

37 Id.

38 Id.

39 Id. at 484 (quoting Glucksberg, 521 U.S. at 721).

40 Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dept. of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990).

41 Abigail, 445 F.3d at 484 (citing Cruzan, 497 U.S. at 279).

42 Id.

43 Abigail, 445 F.3d at 484.

44 Id. at 484-85.

45 Id. at 486.