i m vishala sri pathma. in the last few hours, the us supreme court has ruled in favour of maintaining access to an abortion pill, while a legal appeal against its use is considered. the drug, mifepristone, is used for terminations in the first ten weeks of pregnancy. the decision is a victory for supporters of abortion rights as it defends broad access to this pill and for the biden administration. president biden said: i continue to stand by fda s evidence based approval of mifepristone, and my administration will continue to defend the fda s independent, expert authority to review, approve, and regulate a wide range of prescription drugs. i will continue to fight politically driven attacks on women s health. let s get the very latest from washington and our correspondent, jessica parker. jessica, what does this ruling actually mean? 50 jessica, what does this ruling actually mean? jessica, what does this ruling actually mean? 50 it means that access to mifepri
chief political correspondent nick eardley. this is another big moment, nick. another prime minister. it is this is another big moment, nick. another prime minister. this is another big moment, nick. another prime minister. it is a huge moment, joanna, another prime minister. it is a huge moment, joanna, partly another prime minister. it is a huge moment, joanna, partly because . another prime minister. it is a huge i moment, joanna, partly because rishi moment, joanna, partly because rishi sunak is someone who will come into this office with some of the biggest challenges that any prime minister in modern history has faced. i said that several weeks ago in downing street when liz truss took over but the challenges that this is scenic is going to face have only gone up over the past few week set the challenges that rishi sunak is going to face. he has to try and steady the ship economically and we have a rough idea of how he wants to do that because he has talked about s
mr tolley also said mr raab was abrasive and described work done for him as utterly useless and woeful. a description reasonably understood as insulting personal criticism. you have the risk of a very small minority of very active civil servants with a passive aggressive culture of the civil service who don t like some of the reforms, whether it is brexit or human rights reform, effectively trying to block government. it is not on, that is not democratic.- is not on, that is not democratic. ~ , democratic. the prime minister said he accepted democratic. the prime minister said he accepted the said he accepted the resignation with sadness but there was no sign of rishi sunak in public yesterday as labour accused him of weakness. the big question for the prime minister is why he was so weak to appoint him in the first place. the second question is why didn t he sack him? and now it is left to dominic raab to
mr tolley also said mr raab was abrasive and described work done for him as: what you ve got is the risk here of a very small minority of very activist civil servants with a passive aggressive culture of the civil service who don t like some of the reforms, whether it s brexit, whether it s parole reform, whether it s human rights reform, effectively trying to block government. that s not on, that s not democratic. the prime minister said he accepted dominic raab s resignation with sadness, but there was no sign of rishi sunak in public yesterday as labour accused him of weakness.