out of the supreme court breaking news about this, this drug it is called mifepristone. it is a pale about the size of an aspirin and it is the first of two pills used in the most commo form of abortion here in the united states. it s medication abortion it is safe it is effective. and it is significantly less invasive than a surgical abortion and if you have been following the news, you would know tha, am -appointed federal judge i texas ruled that despite thi drug being used safely for 2 years now, the fda was wrong t approve the drug and his ruling had the potential to take the drug off the market altogether. so, tonight s decision from th supreme court was pretty clear it means this will not happen, at least not yet the supreme court issued wha is known as a stay, meanin they are effectively blockin that texas judges decision while this case is appeale through our court system maybe even all the way back to the supreme court down the roa now, the lower court battle is c
supreme court was pretty clear it means this will not happen, at least not yet the supreme court issued wha is known as a stay, meanin they are effectively blockin that texas judges decision while this case is appeale through our court system maybe even all the way back to the supreme court down the roa now, the lower court battle is complicated and we the, and ma lead to some chaos down th line for mifepristone access and we are going to talk t experts about that in just a moment but for now, for tonight, this drug is still widely available so, on a practical level, that is where we are. the question is, on a lega level, tonight s ruling is als quite interesting. there s a majority of justices who approved tonight s stay. but at least two did not that s justice clarence thomas said that he would have denied this day he did not explain why it was just a single line in this ruling that says he disagrees. and justice samuel alito wrote a full dissent, we are going t ask our e
abortion and be traumatized by it can come into federal court then, i mean, you can just imagine all the other argument for who can bring cases. and it would, i think, jus radically change what federa courts can do. so, i think that s not a lef right issue. i do not see a majority at the supreme court endorsing that standing doctrine. so, i actually am pretty optimistic about the course of this one let s hope you are right fo the sake of reproductive right in this country. nancy northup, the president and ceo of the center fo reproductive rights, and tal farhadian weinstein, forme federal and state prosecutor right here in new york thank you very much to the bot of you for being here tonigh on this breaking news. we have much more news to ge to this hour, includin students walking out of school across the state of florid today to protest ron desantis education policies a florida democratic state lawmaker joins me to react but first longtime trump attorney an advisor boris epstein
standing - on the issue of who gets t bring a case to federal cour is so divergent from 50 year of supreme court precedent i mean, if he are doctors, who might see a botched medica abortion and be traumatized by it can come into federal court then, i mean, you can just imagine all the other argument for who can bring cases. and it would, i think, jus radically change what federa courts can do. so, i think that s not a lef right issue. i think that s within th authority of the supreme court endorsing that standin doctrine so, i actually am pretty optimistic about the course of this one let s hope you are right fo the sake of reproductive right in this country. nancy northup, the president and ceo of the center fo reproductive rights, and tal farhadian weinstein, forme federal and state prosecutor right here in new york thank you very much to the bot of you for being here tonigh on this breaking news. we have much more news to ge to this hour, includin students walking out of school