it for weeks, it suspended fda approval of mifepristone, th drug that, as you know, ha been safely used for more than 20 years, has become the mos common method for terminatin pregnancies in this country. within an hour, another federa judge in washington state, contradicted that ruling ordering the fda to keep the drug available at 17 states in d.c. president biden last night condemning the texas route calling it, quote, the next bi step before the national ban o abortion by republican elected officials have vowed to make a lot america. vice president kamala harris committed to fighting back there is no question, president and i are gonna stan with the women of america, and do everything we can to ensure that women have the ability to make decisions about their health care, their reproductiv health care, in a manner tha is what they need, and the decide that, not their government the drug will continue to b available for now, since the texas judge gave the fda seven days
Altogether so, it wasn t a battle between the federal government in state, but rather, the federal government s conflicting regulations wouldn t exist anymore. lisa, i have about a minute left, i think the big question here, do you see this landin before the supreme court absolutely. there s no way that this kit that they can get resolved without it usually, what we see is what s called a circuit slip, went to federal appeals courts diffe on something, and then escalates to the supreme court one of the tools that th conservative movement learne during the trump administration, how to leapfrog appeals cour and sent something directly to the supreme court when the wanted a particular outcome. here, i expect a department of justice to use that on its own if they don t get an answe fairly soon, from the fift circuit court of appeals about whether a state of judge kacsmaryk s order would happen meaning, they would furthe pause his or her after thi coming friday. they will take that to t