menendez tonight, we are barrelin towards one of the mos consequential weeks fo abortion access since the farr of roe v. wade the government has less than a week to intervene after trum appointed antiabortion federal judge in texas matthew has merrick suspended a proven o mifepristone, one of the mos widely used abortion medications in this country. the justice department immediately filed an appea today. health and human services said - for the millions who need it well, they certainly have access today and we intend to do everything to make sure it is because o viewable to them not just in a week but moving forward. we have already filed an appea of this court s ruling one judge and one quarter an one state turned upside down the fda s approval process for safe and effective medications we have to go to court and see an appeal. this is not america. what we saw by that one judg in that one court in that on state. that is not america. adding to the uncertainty and to th
and they voted to pass the legislation, 38 to 26. once the bill s side, minnesot will join states lik california and colorado in providing free meals to kids so, she won that, senator. and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late i will see you at the end of tomorrow in december, it was about parental rights. a federal judge in texas ruled that a grant program designe to provide birth control t kids from low income familie was unconstitutional because that program violated parental rights the judge wrote, the court finds no compelling government interest justifies dependenc defendants disregard o plaintiffs parental rights i this case. in november, it was abou discrimination on the basis of sex. that same federal judge signed with lawyers associated with former president trump advisor stephen miller the judge decided that obamacare and title ix ruling agains discrimination
Constitutional principle what would you be looking ou for if portion access is decided by this court? well, again, i think you se it up beautifully. this case really gives the court the opportunity to sho the american public whethe they were serious abou returning the abortion questio to the democratic process or whether this is what the antiabortion movement ha always said it was - merely a weigh station on th road to fetal abolition of abortion in the united states. this is the decision from on judge that would have th impact of eliminating abortion access even in states where it is currently legal this is not the state by state settlement that drops reported to the offer, and i will b looking, not only a justic kavanaugh, but justice toledo, who can t that decision, sayin that this was merely destroyin this to the democratic process this is the antithesis o democracy. i pointed out this ruling, read it in full and cast merrick was really insistent o using the term unborn hum
The conservative party lin about standing for physicians, their party standing for physicians upping these claims on behalf of patients. because the patients and the doctors are actually misaligne here and that s not usually th case that s not the only thing wron here i mean - there is a lot. there is a lot. here why is this case in judge kacsmaryk s chambers along wit these other happen issues he s decided. because he s the only judge in the texas courthouse so if you file your case on hot button issue in amarillo you are guaranteed to get judge and kacsmaryk when you are guaranteed to get judg kacsmaryk you think you know exactly what you are going to get jessica valenti, i didn t realize that this attempt to kind of on wide access t mifepristone has been going on for decades. i mean this is the first emerged i mean, when we first approved it was controversial but pro-life - the antiabortion movement ha been after the fda approval fo almost 20 years now. is that right?