The Objective Standard

The Objective Standard

Politics & Rights

The Right to Try, to Hope, to Live

By Christina Sandefur

Jul 10, 2018
∙ Paid
Share

When Abigail Burroughs was nineteen, she was diagnosed with cancer. She tried a variety of treatments, but none worked. After exhausting all of her government-approved options, Abigail had one last hope: Her doctors identified a promising treatment called Erbitux. The drug had not yet been approved for sale by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); it …

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to The Objective Standard to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 The Objective Standard
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture