half of abortions and the united states. justices alito and thomas publicly dissented. and again this battle it is not over yet. the next step in the litigation will be at the fifth circuit court of appeals on may 17th. but this tonight it s a big win for the biden administration after its emergency request to keep the fda approval of the drug with a federal judge blocked it. the president has issued a statement tonight saying, quote i continue to stand by fda as evidence based approval of mifepristone. the stakes could not be higher for women across america. i will continue to fight politically driven attacks on women s health. more now from cnn s paula raid, paula good evening, pamela will hear the supreme court has ensured that this commonly used abortion medication will remain widely available, while larger lawsuits about its fda approval work their way through the system. at the heart of this case is this drug that you just mentioned chris stone. it is one of two drugs t
the united states. justices alito and thomas publicly dissented. and again this battle it is not over yet. the next step in the litigation will be at the fifth circuit court of appeals on may 17th. but this tonight it s a big win for the biden administration after its emergency request to keep the fda approval of the drug with a federal judge blocked it. the president has issued a statement tonight saying, quote i continue to stand by fda as evidence based approval of mifepristone. the stakes could not be higher for women across america. i will continue to fight politically driven attacks on women s health. more now from cnn s paula raid, paula good evening, pamela will hear the supreme court has ensured that this commonly used abortion medication will remain widely available, while larger lawsuits about its fda approval work their way through the system. at the heart of this case, is this drug that you just mentioned per stone. it is one of two drugs that is used in medicati
is saturday, april 22nd. i m aymara walker. victor blackwell and you re in the cnn newsroom we begin this morning with the battle over abortion. the widely used abortion bruggeman kristen will remain available to women in the u. s without restrictions , at least in those states where abortion remains. the decision protects access to the drug at least until the appeals process plays out, but the protection could ultimately be taken away again. court ruling in texas earlier this month suspended government approval of the 23 year old drug. it s the latest in a series of moves against abortion rights. cnn supreme court reporter ariana vogue is with us now. so the decision stands in the hands in the body administration. they got a big win, also for abortion rights community a major victory, but the battle is not over. right the bind administration is relieved today, right because those lower courts put in these restrictions significant restrictions on this key abortion drug, the b
widely used for decades taken by millions of women? the decision sets up the most consequential abortion related disputes since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade a new appeals process must now play out a process that could take weeks or even months. cnn s larrionda vogue is following this major decision, ariane, the courts brief was left unsigned and the votes were not disclosed. why well, you make a really good point here because it really shows what the supreme court did. the biden administration went to the supreme court and asked for emergency relief. these lower courts had put restrictions on this abortion drug. the biden ministrations wanted the supreme court to lift those restrictions while the appeals process played out. so this supreme court in that order that you referred to agreed to do so it did not rule on the merits of whether the he a had the authority in the first place to approve the drug. it s simply said that right now that drug could remain widely a
know these texts are now in the hands of the fulton county district attorney. finally, willis that her team is looking at many possible charges related to the 2020 election. we don t know exactly how this fits into the investigation, but among many things for office has been investigating the breach of the voter system. the data that was attained by trump connected people in this county in georgia. alright. we re gonna talk about that with our panel katelyn polantz thanks so much. cnn s phil mattingly joins us at the table fill. we just saw caitlin out there these texts they were sent on january 19th 2021 again worth emphasizing this was after january six. what does it say to you that these efforts were still going on even after the capital was attacked just how dangerous it was, and just how close we were, and i feel like both of those things have been kind of washed over over the course of the last two plus years. um the individual who was driving it and was the president of united s