Conflicting rulings set up an extraordinary legal clash and could reshape abortion access in a nation where reproductive rights remain a polarizing issue.
The Democratic attorney general in Washington state, Bob Ferguson, launched a counter move, suing the federal government to increase access to the same abortion drug.: Less than an hour after U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, a nominee of President Donald Trump, blocked approval of the abortion drug mifepristone by the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. District Judge Thomas O.
He expressed particular concern about the Texas case, which sought to upend approval to a drug that has been on the market for more than two decades — and is one of two medications used in combination to terminate pregnancies. But he said both decisions could politicize the FDA and have far reaching implications beyond mifepristone.
Ferguson and other Democratic attorneys general who filed the Washington state lawsuit said if both rulings take effect, they would expect the FDA to preserve access to mifepristone in their states — even if it becomes prohibited in other ones. They acknowledged in interviews that they filed the lawsuit in part with the intent of blunting the impact of Kascmaryk’s ruling in their states.“Absolutely,” said Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum .
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