abortion, so i think that his ruling just under the law makes no sense when you look at fda law, on the other hand, i don t think we re surprised another i know trump appointed judge. you have got these people that donald trump put in. you ve got supreme court that did all it could and that adopts decision to overturn 50 years of precedent, and you ve got women and men from kansas to alaska, telling them no, we don t agree with this 70 80% of the public is with us. so one answer. anderson of course, is to pass the women s health protection act in congress. but right now we have a house of representatives, um, controlled by the republicans that won t let it through. i appreciate your time tonight. thank you. thank you. next with the former presidents declared, are likely primary rivals are saying or not , saying as the case may be about his criminal indictments
authority and really, that runs counter to this idea of why we use judges what the legal system is for and what we rely on various agencies administrative and otherwise to actually do. the work. do the actual review and decide on behalf of the people county. there was one thing. i just want to ask you before i get to elliot. the judge in the case was saying that one of the things the fda has not taken into account enough is the psychological effect that taking this drug has on women. this drug has been around now for some two decades . is there. proof of that? i mean, is what he said. accurate. no, not at all. and i mean, i think you can tell from my eye rolling. that s a ridiculous claim. we ve got over 20 years of collected data with millions of women who use this medication , millions of people who have used it and also lots of really good research. there s a really great powerhouse research coming
court in washington state, affecting only some states on the same drug, so there s a lot to get to cnn supreme court reporter ariana vogue joins us right now on both rulings. so first tell us about the texas ruling and what that means. it s been an unbelievable night, right? both of these rulings opposing and they both have to do with the fbi. da s approval of the medication, abortion drug , and that approval came in 2000. in this first case, what the federal judge said is he blocked the government s approval of this drug. he said he was going to put this on hold for a week to allow it, uh, allow appeals to occur, but basically, he said that the government had not taken into account the risks of the drug. the biden ministrations, as you said, said that this lawsuit brought by opponents of abortion was unprecedented because that drug has been on the books for so long. but here s what the judge who s a trump nominee said . he said that the fda entirely failed to consider an important
have the political left weaponizing the rule of law, actually abandoning the rule of law by weaponizing it and using against people they don t like and that needs to stop in this country. unorthodox presidential primary becomes even more so advisors to republican campaigns tell cnn the biggest risk of all is to get crosswise with voters deeply loyal to trump, who once again is dominating and overshadowing the race. a case was brought only to interfere with the upcoming 2024 election. and it should be dropped immediately. zeleny, cnn washington. joining us now. former white house communications director anthony scaramucci is in cnn senior political commentator adam kinzinger former republican congressman. um mr scaramucci, can you believe? i mean it s been almost eight years since donald trump announced he was running for president, and nobody seems to know how to run against him still well, joe
there s no evidence of that. in fact, the psychological harm is for women who are trying to get this procedure and are unable to i mean, does does. the judge s decision makes sense just on the merits of what he ruled. not at all, especially when he said it was rushed, rushed four years available for over two decades that is not rushed, used by in one year alone, half a million women was the way that they access to abortion care. so this is obviously outrageous. you can see a very strong case on the other side. um and then you have states all over the country. my guess it won t just be these 12 that will also be bringing cases as well because, as you know, there s still a number of states, including mine that is an island in the middle of a number of states that ban abortion now that allow for