A federal district court judge in Texas has issued an injunction suspending distribution of mifepristone — a critical component in the two-step abortion pill regimen — nationwide. It’s hard to overstate the magnitude of the order, which could make the drug used in most abortions in America unavailable to women …
Read More »Here's What Happens If Trump Judge Ends Access To Critical Abortion Drug Nationwide
Lawyers, reporters and members of public queued up outside a courthouse in Amarillo, Texas before dawn on Wednesday for a chance to be inside the room as a single federal judge contemplated — in proceedings he’d sought to shield from public scrutiny —whether to end access to the most widely-used …
Read More »Wyden to Biden: Damn the Judge, Protect the Abortion Pill
Someday very soon, a single district court judge in Texas could order the Food and Drug Administration to withdraw its approval of mifepristone, cutting off access — nationwide — to the most widely-used abortifacient in the United States. (The earliest a decision is expected is next Friday, February 24.) If …
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