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Pharmaceutical executives challenge Texas court’s abortion pill ruling

Gilead Sciences and Pfizer join amicus brief

The Independent UK

What to know about the Comstock Act as abortion pill fight escalates

Anti-abortion groups have revived the centuries-old law.

Axios

White House vows to fight for abortion pills, patient privacy

Moves follow Texas ruling suspending federal approval for abortion pills, state efforts to restrict travel for abortion.

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Members of Congress weigh in on court fight over abortion drug - Roll Call

Members of Congress weighed in on a lower court ruling that would stop the manufacture and distribution of an abortion drug.

Roll Call

White House plots strategy to counter abortion pill ruling

White House officials are warning that access to nearly any medication is in jeopardy after a federal judge in Texas ordered that a pill commonly used for abortions be pulled off the market

The Independent UK

First Thing: Zelenskiy urges world leaders to act over beheading videos

Ukrainian president calls for action after videos circulated online appear to show soldiers beheaded by Russian forces. Plus, Nasa prepares for life on Mars

The Guardian - UK

Anita Chabria: It's not about babies. Abortion restrictions are about power

The toes, the clothes and, oh, the smell of a newborn.

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Editorial: Dems float idea of ignoring the federal judiciary

Imagine the reaction if a federal court a few years back had ruled against a controversial White House executive order, and Trump administration officials responded by ignoring the decision. Apoplectic progressives would have taken to the streets to protest the president as an “existential threat to democracy” — and rightfully…

Tribune News Service

Fate of US abortion drug hangs in balance ahead of Friday deadline

Mifepristone will lose its FDA approval this week unless an appeals court intervenes in a case likely to reach the supreme court

The Guardian - US

Abortion drug rulings spur drugmaker worries about precedent

WASHINGTON — Experts worry two recent rulings challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of a drug used in medication abortions threaten to complicate the agency’s oversight and the pipeline for future research and drug approvals.

Tribune News Service

Top Dem lets GOP veto Biden judges

"Durbin refuses to revoke the blue-slip tradition that willingly grants GOP the ability to obstruct," critic says

Salon

Conflicting rulings for abortion pill

A bit of legal "whiplash" could occur in the next few days, one expert says

Salon

Abortion drug rulings spur drugmaker worries about precedent - Roll Call

Critics of a court decision banning an abortion drug say the ruling undermines the FDA's ability to regulate the drug industry.

Roll Call

Abortion pill rulings in conflict: What happens next?

The Biden administration on Monday asked a federal appeals court to allow women to continue to be able to access to the most commonly used abortion drug in the U.S. while a lawsuit over it plays out

The Independent UK

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Zenger

Judge Halts FDA Approval Of Abortion Pill As The Biden Administration Vows To Fight

A Texas judge halted the approval of the abortion pill as the Biden Administration plan to appeal the decision in post-Roe

Salon

GOP sadism proudly on display

The abortion pill decision proves, yet again, that there's nothing "pro-life" about Republicans

The Street

Stocks Higher, Newmont Sweetens Bid, Warren Buffett Looks East, Abortion Pill Challenge, Bitcoin Surge - Five Things To Know

Stock futures higher with inflation data, earnings in focus; Newmont sweetens bid for Australian gold miner Newcrest; Warren Buffett boosts exposure to Japan's major trading houses; Pharma, biotech firms call for reversal of mifepristone suspension and Bitcoin tops $30,000 for the first time in 10 months.

The Guardian - US

American women, let this be your wake-up call: it won’t end with mifepristone

It doesn’t matter if you think abortion will be legal where you live – the anti-abortion movement wants a national ban

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Los Angeles Times

Commentary: A judge’s attempt to restrict medication abortion nationwide shows extremists aren’t done yet

On Friday, federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk handed down a decision further restricting abortion access nationwide by suspending the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, the most common and safe pill used for medication abortion. Another ruling, from a federal judge in Washington state, ordered the F.D.A. to make no…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Bad Rx in Texas abortion pill case: In reversing FDA approval of mifepristone, Federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk highlights his own extremism

The drug mifepristone is safe. In fact, what’s unsafe is its absence, as the lack of the crucial abortion-inducing drug will push women to have abortions in more dangerous ways, which is why it’s been FDA-approved for more than 20 years.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Clarence Thomas, a billionaire benefactor and the Supreme Court’s ethics crisis

On Thursday, ProPublica revealed that a right-wing billionaire has secretly funded a lavish lifestyle for Justice Clarence Thomas. Then on Friday, a federal judge in Texas tried to block the use around the country of mifepristone, the medication used in half of all abortions. These two dramatic twists are part…

The Guardian - US

‘We will not cave’: governors stockpile abortion drugs as access is threatened

Massachusetts, California and Washington pledge to provide medication after a federal judge invalidated 23-year FDA approval

Tribune News Service

US seeks freeze on Texas abortion pill ruling, clarity on conflicting order

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court to suspend a ruling by a conservative U.S. judge in Texas that would block access nationwide to a key drug used in medication abortions — even as it sought clarity on a conflicting order in Washington state.

The Independent UK

Abortion rights groups condemn ‘reckless’ judge overseeing critical drug case: ‘Minority rule at its worst’

Advocates, providers, medical groups and drugmakers wrestle with uncertainty, confusion and frustration

The Independent UK

Some US states stock abortion medications after court ruling

A handful of states led by Democratic governors are stockpiling doses of drugs used in medication abortions amid fears that a court ruling could restrict access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. Massachusetts has purchased enough doses of the drug mifepristone to last for more…

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