# The Patient's Right

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/the-pursuit/the-patients-right>

**By** Landry Ayres

**Published:** December 17, 2019

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The Food and Drug Administration is supposed to protect Americans—but has it gone too far?

## Shownotes:

Over the course of the early 20th century, a series of amendments and court cases slowly expanded the FDA's purview. But advocates of the "Right to Try" are motivating the FDA to act more efficiently and compassionately.

## Mentions:

Landry Ayres spoke with Laura McLinn, Jessica Flanigan, and Christina Sandefur.

Special thanks to Tom Oszman from TCMediaNow for providing us with video footage from October 1988's Seize Control of the FDA protest.

Image Credit: [ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/young-boy-attempts-hug-president-trump-signing-act/story?id=55543073), President Trump signing "Right to Try" legislation.