simply said that right now that drug could remain widely available in the states that allow abortion while this appeals process plays out, so that means that not only is the drug widely available, but the moves that the fda made in the year since of approval to ease access, those will also remain in place. for instance, you can get the generic that they were drug can be. mailed to you. it can be used up to 10 weeks in pregnancy. all that now will remain in place as this case continued, and as you said it would have taken five justices to grant this emergency relief and we don t know where all the conservative justices were. we only know that justice clarence thomas and justice samuel alito they would have ruled against the biden administration. so for now, this case returns to a very conservative federal appeals court, which is already said it will hold hearings in may, and
personalized by you try amber wave risk free for 60 days for a limited time you ll get $50 off and fr gift when you buy amber wave. the whole story with anderson cooper tomorrow at eight on cnn. closed captioning brought to you by invent help. call 1 807 100020 invention idea but don t know what to do. next call invent help today they can help you get started with your idea. call now. 807 100020. hello everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredericka whitfield and we begin with the u. s. supreme court issuing a critical 11th hour ruling protecting access to a common abortion drug, at least for now. the high court freezing a lower court s ruling on the drug press down, which had placed ability, airing debilitating restrictions on its usage. will the drug is the predominant method for ending pregnancies in the u. s
, um, from from getting access to that kind of surgery, and there was an interesting moment in missouri this week. i m sure you were focused on, um, montana , but but i don t know if you saw it or not, but the republican attorney general is trying to make minister trying to make missouri the first state to restrict transgender health care for adults. um in his own secretary of state. j ashcroft, very conservative republicans said he doesn t support hormone therapies. he doesn t support gender surgeries. but he said, i wouldn t want to be the attorney that tries to defend this ban on adults getting it and i thought that was interesting. i wondered if you saw it and what you thought of it. so i think it s important to acknowledge the way in which these attacks have progressed this. the attacks on trans rights began with attempts to limit trans athletes in sports, and as we re seeing that conversation begin at the federal level as well, and the folks who want to strip trans people of thei
children no matter their race, their gender, their nationality income level that they all receive access to high quality education in a safe learning environment. and so what this is doing. this is dismantling this this premise that teachers have these classroom environments that are welcome that are welcoming. you know, we, uh believe in the socratic method of teaching and we want to ask questions, and we want children to also or students to ask us questions as well. and so what we know, even with these book bands, it is creating a chilling effect where teachers are now scared to talk about authentic real history to talk about real issues that are happening in our community, and so what it s doing, it s watering down education. it s dumbing down education. it s also privatizing education and, of course, it s vilifying certain communities again. we know that he s out for a run, but what he s doing is that he s attacking the most vulnerable people. he s attacking children. he s attackin
us supreme courtjustice samuel alito has temporarily extended access to the highly contested abortion drug mifepristone while the court considers the case. last week, two courts, one in washington state and one in texas, issued conflicting rulings on access to the abortion pill, leading to the supreme court weighing in. the interim stay will expire at midnight on wednesday here in washington dc. 0ur correspondent jessica parker has more. this was an 11th hour ruling by supreme courtjustice alito, supreme court justice alito, basically supreme courtjustice alito, basically preventing changes that were on the verge of coming into force from doing so, at least for now. now, what had been about to happen across the us in states where abortion remains legal is that women were not going to be able to take mr bridgestone, which is typically used as part of the two drug regiment, beyond seven weeks of pregnancy. nor would they be able to order the drug