Gay people or jewish people. then you don t have any rights it s a weird way the parental works only work for right wing christians hopefully you can stay with me for a little bit i hope i can keep you around i want to bring in alexis magill johnson. i want to get your reaction to the ruling by the texas right-wing judge to stay the approve, the fda approval of mifepristone thank you, joy. look, this is a reckless decision this is a decision that is based on junk science. it s going to have devastating consequences for patients. the thing i want to most be clear about right now is that for at least the next seven days, access is still available for patients and it s important to say that because we know that all of these rulings, all of these bills that have been introduced over the last however long have meant that people are sowing chaos and confusion for people
Purposes women have in the world. i want to bring in mini to this conversation she s the president of naral pro choice america your initial reaction. look, this decision tells us we were spot on about who matthew kacsmaryk is you know, we read through the opinion, my team is still reading through it, doing the analysis, but our understanding is he evokes all of the most horrific, extreme arguments against medication abortion in this case. and he makes it clear that is the direction he is willing to head short of a fifth circuit action, so it s not a surprise it is that does not make it any less distressing and in light of what has happened this week in places like idaho and to alexis point, the strength of the community in wisconsin, it s really, really discouraging this judge went ahead with this most extremist route and we re just hoping the doj and the fifth circuit will take quick action. and alexis, if you could sort
Whether they had standing to bring the suit to whether they exhausted their administrative remedies at the fda, i m hoping the supreme court can poke holes in one of the things that allowed to plaintiffs to even bring this case in the first place, because it has legal experts like me scratching their heads about whether you can 23 years after the fact challenge a decision by the fda. this is minority rule, everyone this is why you vote except when you vote, they just expel the people that you voted for. this is minority rule. this is a seizure of democracy, the minority in this country, let s be clear, they have a minority view. they re 30/sfebt on all of these issues and they re seizing control of you we need to pay attention to this thank you very much. up next, the other major story tonight. the fallout from the expulsion of two young black lawmakers antidemocracy, the war on democracy, we re in it we re in it.
Representatives. and clearly, the decision that judge kacsmaryk has made today makes that impossible for people who live in staunchly pro-choice states like california and vermont, but also in places like kansas and michigan and kentucky that s one way in which it s anti-federalist. the other way is of course with respect to the regulation of drugs, which is something that s always been left to congress to decide, and to the fda there was an argument that could have been made here that fda regulations preempt state law where it comes to the regulation of medications whether it s for abortion or for chemotherapy, that the fda reigns supreme that s an argument that could have been made by the department of justice and wasn t, and is partially why we find ourselves here and why i m so frustrated and impassioned right now in talking about this ruling. let s talk about the pragmatic impact of this if the fda s approval is stayed, does that make it illegal to possess or sell or purchase