even was able to develop some research that shows that there are fewer risks that come with medford pressed own, then with penicillin or even viagra, and we even heard recently. there s a graphic we haven t heard recently this morning from a member of congress, nancy mays, who has gotten two endorsements from your organization committee , and she thinks otherwise. now about the availability. listen to what she had to say. this is an fda approved drug i support the usage of fda approved drugs . even if we might disagree. it s not up to us to decide as legislators or even you know, as the court system that whether or not this is the right drugs use or not number one, so i agree with ignoring it at this point. all right. so what s your response? she says. ignore that ruling and women should continue to use this drug doctor should
cossio, cortez, are calling on the administration to simply ignore the trump appointed judges ruling. the white house has pushed back on that idea. but just this morning, a republican lawmaker south carolina s nancy mace, says that she actually agrees with her democratic colleague watch that moment. this is an fda approved drug i support the usage of fda approved drugs. even if we might disagree. it s not up to us to decide as legislators or even you know, as the court system that whether or not this is the right drugs use or not number one, so i agree with ignoring it at this point. and joining us now is former federal prosecutor jennifer rogers and also margaret talent, the senior contributor for axios. jennifer i want to start there the administration they came out yesterday and actually kind of walked back the health and human services secretary s comments, saying everything was on the table and buy everything he
the basis for his argument last week, and look, this is an fda approved drug whether you agree with its usage or not, that s not your decision that is the fda decision on the efficacy, safety and usage. of that particular drug. do you agree here then with comments from people like your colleague, alexandria, ocasio cortez. the biden administration should ignore this ruling that the fda should ignore this ruling. well well, i mean, you know, this is the judicial branch and we have a court system. i do think that this is going to be relegated to the courts. there are other lawsuits that are going on right now. i would. this is an fda approved drug i support the usage of fda approved drugs. even if we might disagree. it s not up to us to decide as legislators or even you know, as the court system that whether or not this is the right drugs use or not number one, so i agree with ignoring it at this point, but there are other lawsuits that are happening right now and other states as well ov
. yes i would. this is an issue that republicans have been largely on the wrong side of we have over the last nine months, not shown compassion towards women, and this is one of those issues that i ve tried to lead on as someone who s pro life and just have some common sense. and she says this is an fda approved drug. i support the usage of fda approved drugs. do you think she s wrong? this is an fda approved drug and i would remind folks also that we have this other case in washington, which is essentially finding exactly the opposite of what this extremist judge and texas has found. so you have right now just kind of a chaotic situation again, which is why i think this can only be resolved in the courts and to just ignore the ignore the courts, i think just throws us into another level of chaos that i don t want to know where that ends up poppy. you know, five years down the road if we set a precedent that we re
you think about this ruling, let s put but in this context, it has been shown to be safe and effective use safely for 23 years. if you look at deaths per million patients, it is way safer than common drugs such as penicillin and viagra wolf. very significant numbers. indeed, gloria republican congresswoman nancy mace made news portal news in an interview with our katelyn polantz earlier today, saying she agrees with democratic congresswoman alexandria, abkhazia cortes that the fda should ignore this ruling. listen to this. this is an fda approved drug i support the usage of fda approved drugs . even if we might disagree. it s not up to us to decide as legislators or even you know, as the court system that whether or not this is the right drugs use or not number one, so i agree with ignoring it at this point. so, gloria, what do you make of congresswoman maces stance against this ruling? the