ruling from the supreme cour sending things back to the circuit along with her preston to stay on the market for now. the only reason this happene is because of the sustaine protest movement that ha driven momentum through th ballot box as the halls of congress all the way up to the supreme court. this fight is not over, bu this win belongs to the people we ll talk more about, this if you, will rachel i think, i mean, certainl we re all glad that, you know, we have mifepristone on th market, that means more people are able to get the abortion that they need for a longer. i think what we re seeing righ now is the supreme court i retreat. we see a number of people that have had, you know, blatantl political agendas, as it pertains to abortion, seats on the supreme court. and so, we now see the supreme court trying to, you know, reimagine or reposition itself
abortion pill, the missile pristine, remains, at least fo now, on changes morning afte the supreme court late frida granted emergency requests fro the biden maturation and one o the drug makers who blocked lower court decision to remove fda approval of the drug after more than two decades. the texas ruling would hav taken the pill off of th market, but for now, mifepristone remains available to women both in person or b mail for use until ten weeks until their pregnancies. president biden celebrating th decision, but acknowledging th case is not over vowing to, quote, continue t fight the course the supreme court s decision i just temporary, the case now heads back to the court of appeals, where a three judge panel, made up of mostly conservatives, will evaluate the merits of original lawsuit though it s still unclear wh exactly on that court will hea that case. an expedited hearing is set fo may 17th, and if the panel decides to pull mifepristone off the market, this case will
keep another persona on th market for now it is coming just two week after a trump appointed texa judge suspended the fda approval of the drug the case now heading to th fourth circuit court for mor arduous on may 17th. joining me now is and this nbc investigative reporter ror atkins for more on this. talk is about how the cour came to this decision sort o talking kicking the ball bac to the fifth court of appeal and what to expect sure. the bottom line here is that the justices ruled to pursue the status quo so matt s purse stone as it ha been accessible over, sinc 2016 with those regulation being updated, it remains th same so, people can still get up to ten weeks in pregnancy and, they re also still able t get to be a male they don t have to go in for several doctor visits or hav to get it in person. from my perspective, the defendants which are the fda pill manufacturer, they were
that a federal judge has essentially told the fda, what to do about a drug that it thinks is safe, over the objections of the fda. interestingly enough, many, the fda doesn t take other companies research when it comes to drugs, it conducts it own research but this drought, i believe wa invented in france, maybe i making this, up 1980 o something it s been a long long time. it s widely loose across europe, and its efficacy and safet have both been heavily researched and proved. yeah, extensive trials when this was introduced in the united states. the reason behind, you pointed it out in your intro, this cas finally got airtime with matthew has merrick, he s trump appointed judge. he s an extremist with ties, t extremely consider - organizations like liberty institute. this organization is as yo said, created a ne organization in amarillo, to get in front of him becaus there s been efforts for decades to undermine the fda s authority here it s been tested, it s bee trialed, it s be
comes to drugs, it conducts it own research but this drought, i believe wa invented in france, maybe i making this, up 1980 o something it s been a long long time. it s widely loose across europe, and its efficacy and safet have both been heavily researched and proved. yeah, extensive trials when this was introduced in the united states. the reason behind, you pointed it out in your intro, this cas finally got airtime with matthew has merrick, he s trump appointed judge. he s an extremist with ties, t extremely consider - organizations like liberty institute. this organization is as yo said, created a ne organization in amarillo, to get in front of him becaus there s been efforts for decades to undermine the fda s authority here it s been tested, it s bee trialed, it s been on th market for over two decades. so left, at the end of the, da may or not been the attempt of the alliance are hippocratic amidines organization that was made up to file the case