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so let s start with nbc news white house correspondent, allie raffa. ali, good morning. i just laid out the lega nightmare that we are in but what are we hearing from lawmakers, particularly from president biden? good morning. the decision was expected for few weeks now from texas it came as a shock to many considering the safety recor of the drug and the fact tha it s been fda approved for ove two decades. it s also the most commo method used in medicated abortions and it s more popula after roe v. wade wa overturned last summer this could be come the mos consequential ruling o abortion access since there an it s bringing the portio access - president biden reacted to thi ruling saying that it poses risk to embolden rights across the u.s. because the court substituted its judgment for the fda. the president said in statement that if this rulin were to stand on there would b
constitutional right t abortion was eliminated in thi country nearly a year ago. a federal judge in texas las night issued a sweeping ruling to reverse the food and s 23 year old approval of a key abortion drug, the rulin orders the fda to hold thi medication from pharmacy shelves in every state regardless of whether or not abortion is legal in tha state. u.s. district judge matthew ha put a seven-day hold on hi willing to give the government the opportunity to repeal it the justice department did fil a notice of appeal last night. let me tell you what is at stake here the drug in question is one of a standard two drug regiment commonly prescribed by doctors for medication abortion across the country. medication abortions account for more than half of al abortions in the united states according to the good doctor institute. and this was approved by the fda in 2000 is one the mos heavily studied and scrutinize
under contradicting guidance it is very likely that this is going to the supreme court the big question is though wha happens to access to this drug in the meantime, that is wha we don t know and that is what a major concern to those who are providing this medicatio and of course, democrati lawmakers, big names within th party who are pro abortion rights have come out ver strongly the biden administration saying in a statement that if this rulin were to stem, there would be virtually no prescriptio approved by the fda that would be safe from these kinds o political, ideological attacks saying that the vice president harris and i will continue t lead the fight to protect woman s right to an abortion and the first part of th statement yasmin, presiden biden makes a really important point here not only is this concern for women when it come to abortion rights but this is also a concern because it does