right here on cnn newsroom. rival us court rulings put access to a widely used abortion pill in jeopardy will tell you where the issue could be headed for a final resolution. two young black men expelled from the tennessee house of representatives over their protest following the nashville school shooting. here with their constituents have to say and separate attacks in the middle east. leave at least three people dead. we will go live to jerusalem for the latest live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with poland. two conflicting u. s federal court rulings have thrust the abortion debate back into the stop into the spotlight. access to medford. best crestone, a key medical abortion pill is now up in the air, with one federal judge ruling to suspend its approval from the food and drug administration and the other ruling to protect it. cnn legal analysts and former manhattan chief assistant district attorney explains what s at stake. most women now choose to do this medical
michael smerconish in philadelphia. it s hard not to jump to conclusions about the tennessee state house. the r word it needs to be reserved for clear and convincing cases of prejudice, discrimination or antagonism. against the person or people based on their membership in a racial or ethnic group. after all, there is an appropriate permanence to labeling conduct as racist. but from the outside looking in, this sure does seem to be such a case. three tennessee state legislators who engaged in roughly the same behavior were meted out disparate treatment. just days after 39 year olds and three adults were murdered in a mass shooting at the covenant school in nashville. these legislators led what was described as a disorderly gun reform chant that interrupted house proceedings. there seems to be no debate as to whether they broke the rules. justin jones of nashville, justin pearson of memphis and gloria johnson of knoxville the only difference between the behavior of the three i
pair of dueling decisions, creating a flash point in the fight for abortion rights. in texas. a federal judge is halting the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug medford pret zone, one of the main medications used to provide abortions. but less than an hour later. conflicting court ruling out of washington state the federal judge, they re protecting access to the drug in 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia, which suit to protect the medication. the two decisions are the most significant on the on abortion since the supreme court overturned roy roe v. wade last summer here with us now is cnn senior supreme court analyst joan baez. cubic joan. good to see you also, you re the author of the new book, nine black robes. so two rulings now two very different decisions. what happens next? well, this puts the abortion issue right back on the path to the supreme court. attorney general america ireland last night that the government is going to app
dueling decisions, creating a flash point in the fight for abortion rights in texas. a federal judge s halting the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug medford pretzels own one of the main medications used to provide abortions. but less than an hour later, conflicting court ruling out of washington state judge their order the federal government to protect access to the drug and 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia. the two decisions are the most significant on abortion since the u. s. supreme court overturned roe v. wade last summer, cnn s rosa flores and arlette signs are following all of the developments rosa to you first. why did the texas judge suspend the fda approval of this drug take us through the judge s order? it will. fred this judge did not hold back in this order . 67 pages 67 pages, he rips apart the fda approval of oppressed own, saying that the approval was flawed that the fda did not consider the risks to girls and women. let
cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the hour with two dueling lawsuits and two separate states, putting the national spotlight back on the issue of abortion rights. in texas. a federal judge has ruled that the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug wordpress stone should be halted . this is one of the most trusted and widely used drugs for medication abortions. the court did pause the ruling for one week so that an appeal which is already underway can be filed . president biden vowed late friday night that he will fight the ruling in texas. meantime in washington state, a federal judge moved to protect access to that very same. abortion medication across 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia. cnn s rosa flores is in houston forest. rosa walk us through both the judge s order and how we got here. this is a very big story down in texas, where you are. you know, it absolutely is. and this judge judge matthews has merrick really did