pills in the ice. a short time ago a federaljudge in texas hold of the approval of the abortion pill method bridgestone and put the decision on hold for seven days to allow for the biden administration to appeal mifepristone. it was a short time after the ruling was made public, district courtjudge in washington issued a glittery ruling, partial preliminary injunction which prohibits the fda from immediately pulling the drug off the shelves. let s take a closer look. the drug mifepristone,, as a medical bulletin to go home and is than half of us pregnancy terminations. there was first approved for use more than 20 years ago in 2000. the lawsuit in texas was filed by the alliance for hippocratic medicine, an anti abortion organisation. and it was decided by judge matthew kacsmaryk, an appointee of former president donald trump. he cited several reasons for the ruling, including that the fda failed to consider the pyschological effects of the drug. we have a statement from a
in a statement, joe biden called it another unprecedented step in taking away basic freedoms from women and putting their health at risk. adding, if it stands, it would prevent women in every state from accessing the medication, regardless of whether abortion is legal in a state. earlier thejustice department had also announced that it will be appealing the court s decision and will look into separate ruling out of washington state. that ruling is seperate and contradictory to the one in texas, but was handed down about the same time. in a partialand preliminary injunction, the washington judge prohibited the fda from immediately pulling the drug off shelves. let s take a closer look at the medication. the drug, mifepristone, is a medicinal pill which can be taken at home. it s used in more than half of us pregnancy terminations, and was first approved for use more than 20 years ago in 2000. live now to mary ziegler, professor of law at uc davis in california. we know now
starting with breaking news starting with breaking news and starting with breaking news and going to the scene live at oklahoma where this is the scene at the university there. we re watching a potential shooting incident that is coming into us. on the campus of the university of oklahoma. you can see a huge police presence there. university has said on its twitter account that police are investigating possible shots fired on the norman campus and urging people to avoid the south oval area. shelters are in place. it is just after midnight there and you can see the number of security police and other officials on the campus there which is now in lockdown. we re yet to hear whether there have been any casualties but we are going to keep an eye on the scene and situation there. the school as i said urging people to avoid south oval area and on twitter saying shelter in place. will bring you more on that as we any more information. let s move on to israel where the prime minister