have the authority to pull a drop off the market like that s this has never happened before it s unprecedented for a federal judge to singularl decide to take a medication of of the market. i don t think the fda is required to send in fd officials to start pulling m fist wrote bistro off pharmacy shelves i think that would b ridiculous i think alexandria kratzvill cortez is right, they re onl legitimate so far as the american people trust thei legitimacy and right now we have a federa judiciary who put in the supreme court that do no behave as legitimate members o democratic institutions and so people are losing their fait in those democrati institutions and when you read an opinion a the one from matthew chasm eric, that we saw today. you can see what people ar losing their fate. he wholesale adopt the messaging of the anti-abortion movement it s a love letter relate to the antiabortion movement of what she saw part.
idaho, idaho is no longer safe place to be pregnant the list goes on of course, on friday a conservative federa judge in texas suspended the fda approval of the ke abortion pill mifepristone calling for it to be taken off pharmacy shelves in florida, ron desantis is to pass a six-week abortion pan despite public opposition. as protesters screamed peopl will die that s just the thing, the formal roe v. wade in the ne anti-abortion measures are not widely popular, it was clear in the midter elections, and more proof keep pouring in recent polling shows 64% o americans believe abortion should be legal in most cases. look at the wisconsin suprem court election this tuesday, where judge, democratic judg janet pratasevich ran on abortion right one, and flip the court. the question is, why would republican party continu pushing something that i unpopular with americans it s beginning to seem like an
constitutional right t abortion was eliminated in thi country nearly a year ago. a federal judge in texas las night issued a sweeping ruling to reverse the food and s 23 year old approval of a key abortion drug, the rulin orders the fda to hold thi medication from pharmacy shelves in every state regardless of whether or not abortion is legal in tha state. u.s. district judge matthew ha put a seven-day hold on hi willing to give the government the opportunity to repeal it the justice department did fil a notice of appeal last night. let me tell you what is at stake here the drug in question is one of a standard two drug regiment commonly prescribed by doctors for medication abortion across the country. medication abortions account for more than half of al abortions in the united states according to the good doctor institute. and this was approved by the fda in 2000 is one the mos heavily studied and scrutinize
today on velshi, federa judge in texas orders abortion pills on pharmacy shelves in all 50 states. only a seven-day window for an appeal the very latest on the pressures of donald trump as his former vice presiden prepares to testify abou january 6th. and, how the trumpian tactic o attacking and silencin political opponents is being mainstream by republican across the country including famously this week i tennessee. then, another sign that th american people are rejectin republican politics. i ll talk about the remarkable with the man who famousl crumpled the conquest of the state in the 2019. velshi starts right now.
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