A crucial hearing Wednesday could upend nationwide medication abortion access. So why did this Trump-appointed judge try to conceal it? (via Deadline: Legal Blog)
As for the substance of the case, such as it is, the anti-abortion plaintiffs challenge the decades-old Food and Drug Administration approval of mifepristone, a pill commonly used in medication
abortions nationwide. The plaintiffs raise bogus safety concerns about the long-used medicine, but obviously their goal is restricting abortion, and this lawsuit provides a means for doing so. that Kacsmaryk’s eventual ruling could be “the first time a court has ordered the government to withdraw or suspendEven the scheduling of Wednesday’s hearing has been controversial. Apparently, Kacsmaryk didn’t want the public to know about it too far in advance.
that the Trump appointee, citing worries about disruptions and threats, told lawyers in the case that he wasn’t going to give public notice of the hearing until Tuesday night. A media coalition including NBCUniversal News Group,
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