constitutional right t abortion was eliminated in thi country nearly a year ago. a federal judge in texas las night issued a sweeping ruling to reverse the food and s 23 year old approval of a key abortion drug, the rulin orders the fda to hold thi medication from pharmacy shelves in every state regardless of whether or not abortion is legal in tha state. u.s. district judge matthew ha put a seven-day hold on hi willing to give the government the opportunity to repeal it the justice department did fil a notice of appeal last night. let me tell you what is at stake here the drug in question is one of a standard two drug regiment commonly prescribed by doctors for medication abortion across the country. medication abortions account for more than half of al abortions in the united states according to the good doctor institute. and this was approved by the fda in 2000 is one the mos heavily studied and scrutinize drugs on the market. studies show that it is safe than penicillin,
A judge has merrick s ruling had in terms of inflammatory and partisan language. he said patience use this to quote kill the on born baby, judges usually use the ter fetus, he referred the process as a chemical abortion kill, baby, chemical burin are words we usually hear from judges when discussing abortion whether not they have antipath towards abortion judge has merrick knows that this is is an important ruling that is going to be scrutinized. does this give forces that don t agree with him and h likes? you know, judge has merrick was opposed when he wa nominated to the bench because people understood that he wa going to be a zealot he is a person whose lif experience includes voluntee -ism in the crisis pregnancy movement that is a series of center across the country that offe themselves to women as if they are reproductive healt clinics. really what they are offerin
Science guy who was one of our speakers here today, and it said without science, bill nye is just another guy. [laughter] science must shape policy. science is universal. science brings out the best in us. with an informed, optimistic view of the future together, we can, dare i say it, save the world! [cheers and applause] reporter: now, the organizers of this event were quoted as telling the associated press it s not aimed at president trump directly or his administration. still, the antipath think for donald trump was hard to miss. it rained down from the official speakers at the podium to all of the signs that we re seeing. this is really not his crowd, so to speak. the president did release a statement today saying that economic growth is good for the environment. back to you guys. heather: there was almost an incident here in new york city
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