Jennifer Shutt, Arizona Mirror U.S. Senate Democratic leaders vowed to defend reproductive rights and abortion access Saturday, less than a day after a federal judge in Texas ruled the federal government needs to pull the abortion pill off the market within a week. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of New …
Read More »Department of Justice Asks Appeals Court To Pause Abortion Pill Ruling
Jennifer Shutt, South Dakota Searchlight The federal government on Monday asked the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to place on hold a Texas judge’s ruling that would otherwise overturn U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the abortion pill. The Department of Justice’s request for an administrative stay asks the …
Read More »Biden Administration Appeals Judge’s Ruling Ordering Abortion Pill Off U.S. Market
Jennifer Shutt, Tennessee Lookout The U.S. Department of Justice launched an appeals process Friday that will likely put a landmark decision about access to medication abortion in front of the Supreme Court. The notice of appeal was filed less than three hours after a federal judge in Texas revoked the …
Read More »Federal Judge In Texas Suspends FDA Approval Of Abortion Pill
Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune In a potentially devastating blow for abortion access nationwide, a federal judge in Amarillo has suspended the approval of mifepristone, an abortion-inducing drug that has been on the market for more than 20 years. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling will go into effect in …
Read More »As Future Of Abortion Pill Is Weighed, Democrats In Congress See Little They Can Do
Jennifer Shutt, Florida Phoenix U.S. Senate Democrats appear lukewarm about pursuing reproductive rights legislation in a divided Congress, even as a federal judge in Texas considers overturning access to abortion pills nationwide. Interviews by States Newsroom with Democrats who control the Senate by a narrow margin found little optimism they …
Read More »How The Judge Who Could Ban The Abortion Pill Won Confirmation In The U.S. Senate
Jennifer Shutt, Louisiana Illuminator The U.S. District Court judge who could end more than two decades of legal access to medication abortion underwent extensive questioning about LGBTQ equality at his December 2017 confirmation hearing — and very little about his views on abortion. Matthew Joseph Kacsmaryk, appointed by former President Donald …
Read More »Attorneys General From Democratic-Led States Urge Judge To Keep Abortion Pill Legal
Jennifer Shutt, Michigan Advance Attorneys general from 21 Democratic-leaning states are calling on a Texas judge to keep the abortion pill on the market, rejecting claims anti-abortion medical groups made in a lawsuit that’s centered on the medication’s approval more than two decades ago. The latest brief in the case, …
Read More »Attorneys General From 23 GOP-Led States Back Suit Seeking To Block Abortion Pill
Jennifer Shutt, Florida Phoenix Attorneys general representing nearly two dozen Republican states are backing a lawsuit that would remove the abortion pill from throughout the United States after more than two decades, eliminating the option even in states where abortion access remains legal. The state of Missouri filed its own …
Read More »Federal Judge Could Decide As Soon As February To Yank Abortion Pill Nationwide
Jennifer Shutt, Michigan Advance January 23, 2023 WASHINGTON — A Texas judge appointed by former President Donald Trump could decide as soon as next month whether to force the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to pull its two-decade-old approval of the abortion pill, which accounts for more than half of …
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