you thank you for that great reporting. pro that propublica kind o stuff. thank you for joining us tonight, alex s office evening she will be back nex week we re gonna start the evenin with breaking news out of texa were trump appointed federal judge has issued a ruling th lava act on the lives of nearl every person in the country. why do we say every person because it s about every perso who can become pregnant, everyone who cares about someone knocking apartment, an everyone who cares access to regulated drugs. pretty much everyone has a stake in the case. it revolves around the first o two pills better use i medication abortion. mifepristone, first approved b the fda in the year 2000 it s been used overseas fo that gates before that but tonight, the approval is o pause. because of a case brought by a group of conservative christia lawyers, with a history of failed lawsuits talkin transgender student athletes months, ago one month ago, the lawyers on behalf of antiabortio
tonight, alex is off and she will be back and joining us next week we re gonna start the evenin with breaking news out of texa were trump appointed federal judge has issued a ruling th lava act on the lives of nearl every person in the country. why do we say every person because it s about every perso who can become pregnant, everyone who cares about someone knocking apartment, an everyone who cares access to regulated drugs. pretty much everyone has a stake in the case. it revolves around the first o two pills better use i medication abortion. mifepristone, first approved b the fda in the year 2000 it s been used overseas fo that gates before that but tonight, the approval is o pause. because of a case brought by a group of conservative christia lawyers, with a history of failed lawsuits talkin transgender student athletes months, ago one month ago, the lawyers on behalf of antiabortion organizations and doctors argue to the u.s district judge, matthew ka merrick, that the f
to undermine the fda but it s important to know tha that s exactly what woul happen, and even if you don care about abortion we know th majority of americans do car about abortion, and are with u on this issue, including 49% o republicans, and want to see medication abortion approved even if you don t care about abortion the fact that this would undermine decades of fda authority is chilling, i should affect every single american, everyone should be outraged we ve seen strong statements from the doj, president, vic president. the democrats in congress. and it s important to note that - the already settled up and ready to fight, it s gonna b critical what happens in the next couple. wakes - actually brought that case laura, i don t like to weigh into your lane there was something interestin that the judge said. judge kacsmaryk, said the fda face political pressure to quote, increase access t chemical abortion. what we re calling medicatio abortion it s almost like he was saying part
the already settled up and ready to fight, it s gonna b critical what happens in the next couple. wakes - actually brought that case laura, i don t like to weigh into your lane there was something interestin that the judge said. judge kacsmaryk, said the fda face political pressure to quote, increase access t chemical abortion. what we re calling medicatio abortion it s almost like he was saying part of his ruling was to give the fda cover from what he say is the pressure that they ar facing to increase access. i d like to see is evidence for. that i don t know how tha works? it s interesting, a lot o these arguments aren t eve arguments that the plaintiff proves made. at the hearing on this, week ago, he was of a outpourin different arguments, ways to knock this down that the group themselves hadn t even put forth. it s just interesting how much sort of advocacy you saw, from the judge on some of these issues obviously, he d, say, look o the judge, i have the law right, as a