[SauronOfMordor]

>>Splain how a hospital can ‘defy’ a ruling from the FDA that allows, ‘allows’ the use of a procedure, not directs that they ‘must use’ but simply allows the use. Sounds to me like that ruling simply gave the hospitals greater latitude in the the tools available to them.<<

By prohibiting doctors at the hospital from using that procedure on patients.

[Mastador1]

Again, the ruling doesn’t mandate the hospitals use the procedure so by not using it or making it available they are not defying the FDA the FDA’s ruling. I will agree that by not making the procedure available to patients they are putting some patients at risk.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

>>Splain how a hospital can ‘defy’ a ruling from the FDA that allows, ‘allows’ the use of a procedure, not directs that they ‘must use’ but simply allows the use. Sounds to me like that ruling simply gave the hospitals greater latitude in the the tools available to them.<< Mastador1

By prohibiting doctors at the hospital from using that procedure on patients

. . . thereby defeating the patient’s “right to try?”

My understanding is that setting up the patient’s “right to try” is all that the announced change actually did.