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
good evening, everyone. great to have you with us. i m erica hill in tonight for alison camerata. welcome to cnn. tonight we have much more. on the biggest story of this night. the supreme court, of course, protecting access to a widely used abortion drug by freezing lower court rulings that restricted its usage. big victory for the biden administration. it is far from the end, though the ruling means the appeals process now will play out and it is almost guaranteed the case. will eventually land back before the justices. in the meantime, though, the fda approval of medford cristante stands as does current access plus turmoil in the nfl tonight, three players suspended indefinitely to others slapped with a six game ban. so what they do is the punishment fair. and it wouldn t be a friday night here without a news quiz. see, if you know more about what happened this week. they are distinguished panelists. here is my panel tonight. defense attorney mr maris. john avlon, our seni
an influence with an audience as he says, an audience that, um, that embraces gun culture that may own the kind of weapons that people are talking about banning that they have a duty to not shy away from this conversation completely. um, and the trick is, can you actually get those artists who speak up without them being so fearful of the consequences that they kind of backed down and scatter? remember with the las vegas shooting when there was a big mass shooting? that was the country music? concert right? and it did not spark a movement out of that genre and from those artists, but nashville is their home. um many physically but also kind of spiritually and i actually since we spoke, that letter came out and i m starting to wonder now, if there s being if a real movement and nascent movement is starting to kind of poke its head up, all right, thank you. all so much for giving up your friday nights to be here with us cnn tonight with erica hill filling in for alison. starts right now.