to terminate pregnancies on hold effective seven days from now. kristen is the name of the drug at first got fda approval more than two decades ago, and until recently the notion of a judge having grounds to reverse approval of it was seen by many legal experts is dubious at best. however, abortion opponents steered their case to a judge named matthew kiss merrick of the fifth circuit in texas, and he has ruled as they hoped just after that. we got word of a ruling in a different federal 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. today s approval of the medication, abortion drugs, and that approval came in 2000. in this first case, what the federal judge said is he blocked the g
i m jessica dean on capitol hill. and this is cnn. captioning is brought to you, by page publishing. want to publish a book? review your manuscript for free book page publishing can help you through the process . we cut through the confusion of the publishing wke it easy for you call 805 630741. good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news to court rulings, the first potentially life altering for women in this country. a federal judge in texas putting government approval of a drug widely used to terminate pregnancies on hold effective seven days from now. kristen is the name of the drug at first got fda approval more than two decades ago, and until recently the notion of a judge having grounds to reverse approval of it was seen by many legal experts is dubious at best. however abortion opponents steered their case to a judge named matthew kiss merrick of the fifth circuit in texas, and he has ruled as they hoped just after that. we got word of a ruling in a different fed