it for weeks, it suspended fda approval of mifepristone, th drug that, as you know, ha been safely used for more than 20 years, has become the mos common method for terminatin pregnancies in this country. within an hour, another federa judge in washington state, contradicted that ruling ordering the fda to keep the drug available at 17 states in d.c. president biden last night condemning the texas route calling it, quote, the next bi step before the national ban o abortion by republican elected officials have vowed to make a lot america. vice president kamala harris committed to fighting back there is no question, president and i are gonna stan with the women of america, and do everything we can to ensure that women have the ability to make decisions about their health care, their reproductiv health care, in a manner tha is what they need, and the decide that, not their government the drug will continue to b available for now, since the texas judge gave the fda seven days
which are not parties to the texas case in terms of remaining vigilant what i mean by that, we will monitor all the developments that have to do with access to mifepristone, as it affects ou states, and if there s ever threat to access, we will ac in any way that our powe allows us to do. to protect access in our states the ultimate goal sorry, go ahead. no, i when you are th ultimate goal is than alaska go ahead you bet the ultimate goal of our lawsuit, is to expand access t mifepristone it is one of the safest drug out there, it s demonstrably safer than tylenol but for a long time, the fda has head restrictions on thi drug that make it very difficult to prescribe and dispense, and for patients t obtain ultimately, what we re seeking in our lawsuit, not only t protect access to this critica drug, that women need fo health care, but to expand
they are conducting dna testing just to confirm. as for fieramusca, she was arrested in the houston area. she was transferred overnight to the austin area and is being held on $600,000 bond. rosa flores, thank you. up next, a cnn exclusive investigation. did the governor of alaska go too far to strip environmental protections in his state? the secret strategy between the governor and a mining company. you re live in the cnn newsroom.