The U.S. government on Monday appealed a Texas judge's decision to suspend the Food and Drug Administration's 23-year-old approval of a key abortion drug, saying the ruling endangered women's health by blocking access to a pill long deemed safe.
Kacsmaryk stayed his decision for seven days to allow the Biden administration time to appeal.
Kacsmaryk ruled just 18 minutes before a federal judge in Washington state issued a contradictory ruling that directed the FDA to keep the drug available in 17 states. "This administration stands by the FDA and is prepared for this legal fight, and we will continue our work to protect reproductive rights," White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said.
Kacsmaryk had written critically about Roe v. Wade, and the former Christian legal activist's courtroom is aabortion, while 14 others ban it at some point after six to 22 weeks of pregnancy, according to the nonprofit Guttmacher Institute, which supports abortion rights.
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