answer so let s get started breaking news, access to the abortion pill, mid upper stone and legal limbo after duelin federal rulings. what does this mean fo tightening reproductive rights in america plus, support for the tennesse through pouring in, by s president kamala harris me yesterday with the lawmakers after the republican-controlle house votes to kick two of the out of the state legislature i will speak with the member who managed to hang on to he seat by just one vote. and later, michael cohen i will go one-on-one with th star witness in th unprecedented indictment of former president all of that and more is coming up our good saturday morning to you i am katie phang we begin today show with breaking news out of texas the fate of abortion access fo tens of millions americans i now uncertain after conflictin decisions by two separat federal judges late lost night first, a texas judge blocks th food and drug administration s approval of the abortion pill, mifepristone
tens of millions americans i now uncertain after conflictin decisions by two separat federal judges late lost night first, a texas judge blocks th food and drug administration s approval of the abortion pill, mifepristone the ruling is on hold for just seven days and attorney general, merric garland, along with th manufacture of the abortio pill and the fda were quick to file former notices of appea to the conservative fift circuit. second, just a few minutes after the texas ruling, a judg in the state of washington issued a separate decision regarding the same drug. and that judge granted a victory to a group o democratic attorney generals who wanted to protect abortion access but that ruling would only apply to the 18 states tha suit in the washington decision meaning that right now, th fate of a pill that is use nearly all medication abortion in the united states i frighteningly uncertain. there s a lot to sort out here
live this morning. joining me now so we can take deeper dive s alexis mcgil johnson. she is the president and ceo o planned parenthood s federatio of america alexis, i know you re busy since last night but i wante to address this. as women wake up in americ this morning there are, as i mentioned, dueling federal court rulings on whether the can use mifepristone at this point, and practically speaking, what kind of guidanc is being given to women wh want to use the abortion pill? practically speaking, mifepristone is still availabl at least for the next seve days you are absolutely, right wome are waking, up patients ar waking up with appointment this week. i think it s very important fo us to reassure that they wil be able to seek abortion car in mifepristone, where it is available. but the bigger point here, i think, is that this is a crisi of democracy when you can have one activist conservative judge make decision like this, file a
presidents comments were spo on, we are talking about a unprecedented challenge of the fda s approval process o medication not just of massive purse down but it threatens the fda s approval and authority when you have an opinion tha is second guessing the science it is also second guessing our ability to make decisions abou our own bodies, vertical proposing the fda. i was pleased to see the wor charge in washington role that the fda isn t allowed to pol mifepristone, and to creat this tension so that w actually can identify a way fo us to move forward you speak, alexis, about th tension between those courts it s no secret the judge matthew kaz mark, the texa judge, he is an uber conservative trump appointee who pretty much signaled fro the get-go that he is going to rule against women s reproductive rights. the plaintiff in that case