first, your reaction to judge kacsmaryk's decision in texas? >> what can i say, direction feels a lot like dobbs. not a shock or surprise but you still feel the gut punch. i think that is what we felt on friday evening, on good friday evening, this judge, the singular servant activist judge to lay dow this decision to block decades of approval of mifespristone that is clearly used for over 23 years in more than 60 countries, more than 5 million patients, and to dare challenge the fda not just on mifespristone, but also the implications that are far-reaching for other medications. amy: if you could explain, alexis, mifespristone, it might surprise people, part of a to drug cocktail, that is used in most of the abortions in united states most of how widespread this is and what exactly does it mean? the judge said it would go into effect in seven days. so it is not in effect yet. but what this also means for planned parenthood? >> thank you for that opportunity to offer some patient reassurance for the next seven days, that there are people who ar

district judge matthew kacsmaryk on april 7th that invalidated the food and drug administration's long time approval of the abortion pill mifepristone conservative justices clarence thomas and samuel alito publicly dissented from the decision. this means the supreme court has allowed the pill to stay on the market and remain widely available at least for now people can still obtain mifepristone by mail for now and use it at home and use it up to ten weeks into a pregnancy, at litigation continues into the supreme court. the generic version of the drug made by a company called gen biopro will also continue to be available. joining me now are the president of the naral pro choice america and lisa reuben, msnbc legal analyst. lisa, i want you to go through this decision with me, because and i think ari talked about it in the previous hour what i read here is something that reads like shade. this decision talking about in recent cases the court has been lambasted for staying a district court order based on the scanty review this court gives matters on its shadow docket this opening with lo

it is not coincidence that thi landed at the judge, at th desk of judge matthe kacsmaryk.is very much by design. and i wonder if you are an ant abortion rights advocate, an you see that has succeeded, ho and then you continue to build upon that strategy >> it is very clear that conservative forces know tha this was a judge that will probably go along with whateve they want. so, and he's shown tha historically, and he supported some of the most terribl immigration positions that the trump administration took, e cetera so, this is called for shopping, or judge shopping, and we're gonna need to consider legislation to prevent thi kind of thing from happening he is that one judge in this texas jurisdiction, and that i where the plaintiffs went. so, it will not be the las time that it will go again >> so, there's something tha drives me nuts, that i'm gonna say, which people don't talk about this issue, and they say that americans are deepl dividing i look at polls showing that about two thirds of american support abortion access, jus this week, support for reproductive freedom

if hired court overruled kacsmaryk's appeal, that will likely be the reason.hat is the wall street journal and if you want to read thei thoughts on the matter this morning, you can continue to calln on your opinion. (202) 748-8000 if you support the texas judge decision, (202) 748-8001 if you oppose it, (202) 748-8002orexas resents. let's hear from bernie, in albany -- new albany, ohio. he supports the decision. caller: my bible tells me that god knew us in the womb. i think life starts at conception. that is what my bible tells me. host: why do you support the texas dge's decision specifically? caller: because i think if you are killing a humaneing because life starts at conception and don't start -- it don't start, 10, 15 weeks later. it starts at conception and i think in my opinion, all doctors that do this are murderers. . -- they are supposed to try to save lives, not take lives. host: let's hear from dave in wisconsin on our clothesline -- oppose line. caller: i think the

judge kacsmaryk, said the fda' face political pressure to quote, increase access t chemical abortion. what we're calling medicatio abortion it's almost like he was saying part of his ruling was to give the fda cover from what he say is the pressure that they ar facing to increase access. >> i'd like to see is evidence for. that >> i don't know how tha works? >> it's interesting, a lot o these arguments aren't eve arguments that the plaintiff proves made. at the hearing on this, week ago, he was of a outpourin different arguments, ways to knock this down that the group themselves hadn't even put forth. it's just interesting how much sort of advocacy you saw, from the judge on some of these issues obviously, he'd, say, look o the judge, i have the law right, as a matter -- typically, the planet's need t be the ones to raise the issue in the first place >> that's why it's strange, sh was offering them a figliuzzi. many, without mifepristone there's a second drug, it' generally given a two drug cocktail for slightly differen purposes, mifepristone was additionally approved fo different pu

federal judge matthew kacsmaryk has officially put the fda's approval of mifepristone, the abortion pill, on hold he's given the federal government seven days to seek emergency relief this is the biggest blow to abortion access since the reversal of roe. the case affects access to the drug not just in texas but in every state in the united states all across the country joining me now is nbc legal analyst lisa reuben, along with the president of naral pro choice america we are waiting for them right now, but i want to let you know we're following both of these two stories so we will have the speech that we know vice president kamala harris gave at this university in tennessee, that was happening while we were waiting to come on the air, and this ruling came down just a moment ago let me tell you a little bit about this judge in his writings, matthew kacsmaryk out of texas has described being transgender as a mental disorder. he's called homosexuality disordered he has had sexual revolutionaries have made the unborn child and marriage secondary tothe desires of liberated adults he sided wi

americans overwhelmingly oppose judge kacsmaryk's ruling it's 70% to 27% opposing the idea of banning the abortion pill that's pretty clear. even if you go across religious groups, we have a chart i'm going to put up. you can go all the way down. white evangelical, protestants, and essentially the only groups who are for, who are largely for banning abortion are white evangelical protestants, mormons, latter day saints, and people who are jehovahs witnesses. but all together, we're talking about under 15% of the population is for banning abortion so why should this one judge be able to override the desires of 70% of americans >> well, i would have to look at the wording of that specific poll, but i do know there's a spectrum from zero to nine months, how people feel about abortion there is a majority of the country that does want some restrictions on abortion >> i agree with that >> i think we can both agree on that point >> yes >> as far as this ruling is concerned, ituly explain, and il about wording, from my perspective, and i just spoke with my friends who are brinking this lawsui

you have the kacsmaryk rulin but it stayed seven days nancy gertner, what happen next here? >> the respective court of appeals will have to sort this out. i think it suggests it wil inevitably be before the supreme court. so during the seven-week period, the government clearly has got to appeal. the amarillo judge goes to the circuit which is ver conservative, but it will no last very long there and i will shortly - the only cord that can sor this out will be the supreme court. i actually have some hopes for the supreme court because this is such a stretch. this is such a stretch >> there is some talk that doj might even go through thes somewhat extraordinary procedure, which is to go righ to the supreme court since thi is - this is so urgent, and there i seven days again, the kind of politic here, this is happening at the end of the week where we onc again have seen the potency of advocacy on behalf of abortion rights at the polls. we saw it in wisconsin, this very week. how do you think thi reverberates through the large politics of the nation at this point? >> i think tha

open discussion of checking the court's abuse of power and defying kacsmaryk possibly contributed to pause/consideration." aoc and others had called on the federal government to defy the texas judge's order. arguments in the challenge to the mifespristone ban are scheduled for may 17. former peruvian president alejandro toledo has been extradited from the u.s. to peru where he faces charges of corruption and money laundering while in office from 2001 to 2006. toledo is accused of receiving millions of dollars in bribes from brazilian construction conglomerate odebrecht in exchange for public work contracts. toledo was taken into custody last week and arrived to lima yesterday. he's denied the accusations. in kenya, authorities have exhumed the bodies of 47 followers of a christian cult who apparently starved themselves to death. investigators say pastor paul mackenzie nthenge convinced members of the good news international church they would go to heaven if they stopped eating. police say they've rescued over a dozen members of the cult from starvation only to have them continue to r

district judge matthew kacsmaryk, a longtime abortion opponent and activist.supreme court's orders on wednesday were issued by justice samuel alito, who also wrote the decision in the dobbs ruling last year that ended the constitutional right to abortion. overturned roe v. wade. for more on all of this and the fight to keep abortion legal and accessible, we are joined by two guests. julie burkhart is president of wellspring health access and co-owner of hope clinic. she worked for eight years with dr. george tiller before he was assassinated in church in 2009. last may, her clinic that was set to open in just weeks, was firebombed by an antiabortion arsonist. her recent piece for salon is headlined "i own the only abortion clinic in wyoming: post-roe america is a tragedy, and an opportunity." we're also joined by michele, visiting professor of law at harvard law school. she is founding director of the center for biotechnology and global health policy. she hosts the ms. magazine podcast "on the issues with michele goodwin" and author of "policing the womb: invi

you can guess his name -- judge kacsmaryk. so these right-wing activists knew if they filed an antiabortion lawsuit in amarillo, their case would be decided by a judge that shares their views and it would impact the entire united states of america. judge kacsmaryk delivered. he delivered the biggest blow to the rights. his decision didn't return this issue to the states, it replaced the will of the people in the states with this judge's point of view. by attempting to ban mifepristone nationwide, the judge tried to impose new national restrictions on abortion that have no basis in science and are extremely dangerous. now there have been a number of developments in this case over the past week, and, as a result, the supreme court will take up the issue of abortion again -- twice in less than one year. this lawsuit against mifepristone is only the latest example of the never-ending chaos and confusion women and medical professionals have experienced since the supreme court threw out roe v. wade. all across america, activist judg

the order blocks a sweepin ruling by a trump appointe antiabortion activist federa judge, matthew kacsmaryk and dru administration's 20 plus yea law approval of the drug as an appeal in the fifth circui court moves forward. i randomly selected three judg panel in the fifth circuit wil hear oral arguments in the cas on may 17th. and meantime, nothing will change the pills availability, pill can still be obtained. patients can obtai mifepristone by mail, they can used at home, they can use i up to ten weeks into pregnancy as litigation continues an that lower court the justice department and the makers of the name brand o mifepristone urged supreme court to get involved after th fifth circuit court of appeals kept the number of provision in kacsmaryk's order in plac that would've squashed wid print spread access to thi drug two of the nine justices extreme conservatives, clarenc thomas and samuel alito, sai they would let part of kacsmaryk's go into effect prove that the war o reproductive rights goes o even after roe was overturne in june. and even after american voters in election after ele

district judge, matthew kacsmaryk, which throughout the fda's longtim approval of mifepristone the drug, which is also used t treat miscarriages, will remai widely available in states where abortion access is legal as all of this plays out i court. since the dobbs decision las june, the antiabortion's right movement has set its sights on expanding abortion restriction across this country. despite those policies being deeply unpopular following the dobbs ruling kaiser family foundation surve found 65%, 65% of american disapprove of the courts decision to rollback reproductive freedom despite the courts pledge that abortion policy would now be i the hands of state legislature or congress, the antiabortio movement continues workshop in new legal theories to help bring the case in front of far-right judges who are sympathetic to their cause slim godfrey writes, the atlantic, quote, even as the anti-abortion movement lacks a next big objective, a ne generation of antiabortion leaders is ascendant, when there's arguably bolder an more uncompromising than its predecessors this cohort, still hi

asking the appeals court to essentially stay judge kacsmaryk ruling so doesn't go into effect, so thisiew all of the agency indications and all o their studies to make sure tha they can comply with thi process. so, it is essentially asking for the agency rebuke proces to be allowed to play out. and again, the first circuit has a lot of different options here it doesn't actually have t take up this decision in the seven days that were allotte by judge kacsmaryk they can actually just let the clock run out. and that will of course te this up to go to the supreme court, if the supreme court di nothing and this went into effect on friday, as it is planned to do. >> katie, 200 different bio fo groups signed an open letter blasting this decision with this change an entire industry, if one single judg can override the fda >> i would say not only coul it impact the entire industry, it could impact more women who need to have abortions and keep in mind, this is drug that also used to b manage miscarriages, so ther are medical use us beyon abortion that this decisio could impact it could impact

evaluating the law considering judge kacsmaryk' ruling from earlier this month and then issuing their final decision or judgment i should say and then from their dependin on how they roll we could se the plaintiffs or th defendants going to the suprem court and asking them to do th same thing all over again. here are the merits of the cas and then, you know, look for a final decision but, you know, as it relates t access, it really is going t hinge on how the court rules but for the time being until a court makes the decision, it i accessible >> when you talk to advocate what it didn't with the fact that this is going to the fift circuit? >> i talk to advocates and doctors they told me that, you know, while last night's new was a sigh of relief like we have heard for man folks. they are too hopeful with th fifth circuit. it is contact with conservativ justices and they are a bit miffed an troubled by the fact that, you know, these judges startin with judge kacsmaryk don't hav medical experience to just determine the future of access in a drug that is used t terminate pregnancies in mo

federal judge matthew kacsmaryk, a trump appointee, sided with the challengers and revoked the fda'scsmaryk went too far, but it kept some restrictions in place, saying mifepristone could only be used for abortion up to seven weeks, despite fda approval of ten weeks, and requiring three visits to a doctor. the administration is arguing that one federal judge can not set abortion policy nationwide. "the american medical association" also is pointing to the bigger picture, calling the lower court rulings dangerous and saying they could undermine fda approvals of many other drugs. >> we just think it is incredibly reckless to upend our entire drug approval system in this country and create chaos where we are going to have individual courts in states around the country basically undoing those decisions. >> reporter: now, there are conservative legal principles at the heart of this case on standing that suggest the justices are going to continue to block these lower court rulings indefinitely, norah. the delay, we have no idea why, it could mean there is some dissents being written, or it

and yet we also know that the fifth circuit and the supreme court, two courts through which the kacsmarykh are increasingly hostile to reproductive rights but the fact of the matter is we have, you know, the fda is under two competing orders for now access to mifepristone is available for the next seven day, and we're going to continue to fight and make sure both our patients are reassured in knowing that, but also really support work the administration to identify all lever, keep all options on the table >> and the administration may have a number of different options that it can pursue one option is that the fda could pursue its own enforcement discretion to decide whether or not to follow this judge's ruling can you say more about whether or not fda enforcement discretion is something that should be push sued at this point? >> look, i think there is no question, right, that this is a politically motivated attack on abortion access across the nation, and the case itself is completely unprecedented but i do want to offer a little bit of caution here, right we are literally in a situation

get an answe fairly soon, from the fift circuit court of appeals about whether a state of judge kacsmaryk's order would happen meaning, they would furthe pause his or her after thi coming friday. they will take that to the supreme court, and look fo some guidance from the court o this >> lisa reuben, our msnbc lega analyst, thank you so much for getting us started i want to bring in congresswoman ayanna pressle of massachusetts, she is chair of the house abortion rights and accessed task force. congresswoman, good to see you you call the texas ruling, quote, a devastating threat to millions of people tell me more about the rea life stakes, the consequences, of what we're watching haven't >> well, this is a matter of life and death i am just sick and tired of ol white men in the gop misleadin the american people, working actively to overturn the wil of the majority of the people, to strip away our fundamenta rights health care is a fundamental right, and abortion care i health care. and that's why myself, and anti-abortion rights activists and politicians, will not stop in the face of these

district judge matthew kacsmaryk, which throughout th fda longtime approval of mifepristone the drug, which is also used t treat miscarriages was mad widely available in states where abortion access is legal as all this plays out in court since the dobbs decision las june, anti-abortion rights movement has set its sights on expanding abortion restriction across the country despite the policies being deeply unpopular the kaiser foundation foun that 65% of american disapproved the courts decisio to rollback reproductive freedom. despite the courts pledge that abortion policy would be in th hands of state legislators o congress, the antiabortion movement continues workshop in new legal theories in hopes of finding a case in front of far-right judges who are sympathetic to their cause as they write in the atlantic, quote, even at the antiabortio movement lacks the next bi objective, a new generation of antiabortion leaders i ascendant, one that is arguabl bolder and more uncompromising than its predecessors. this cohort still high on th fumes of last summer's victory is determined to cons

in fact be th intention behind the petitioners who sought out the judge in amarillo, texas, judg kacsmaryk, who in the hearin involving this matter asked th petitioners exactly how they would, in fact, like for him t rule and in reading his order today it seems that he leaned in quite heavily on exactly wha they were expressing, includin achieving what they wanted for him to do, which was to orde the fda to remove this dru from the marketplace now, if it goes up before th united states supreme court, petitioners may in fact find a group of a sufficient number o justices on the supreme cour who may also lean into exactly what they are looking for an in fact it may have been whyg uh that it could get to the unite states supreme court >> and dr. perritt, tell u about this pill, what benefits it has, and what will be los if women in america lose acces to it. >> thank you so much i also want to express gratitude for the opportunit to be here about medical care particularly in reproductive health care space and we never talk to doctors. we never talk to people that are seeking this care. so, it

but its fate remains uncertain this all after trump appointed judge matthew kacsmaryk issued a rulingstates have since begun stockpilin medication abortion, fearing this reprieve will b short-lived. this is the next frontier in limiting women's options whe it comes to the reproductive rights, and further adds to th confusion around what is and isn't available to women joining me now to discuss, doctor wendy goodall-mcdonald, board certified ob/gyn and monica simpson, executiv director at sister some woma of color reproductive justic collective great to have both both of you with us. i'll start with you, justice alito granted the justic department's request t preserve the status quo, mifepristone, one fo mifepristone access unti wednesday i believe. but let's not forget, he als wrote the courts decision that overturned roe last summer what do you hope, you know, or what hope do you have that the court will maintain the fda' original approval? >> i would like to have whole. i think it's important t understand the evolution o what just happened so, back in 2000, the fd approved this medi

flashing forward, matthe kacsmaryk rolled, really outrageously, against the fda.ecedent it's important for folks t understand bigger ramifications tha abortion rights, that's what m organization focuses on, thi could undermine the entire fda system, its authority, and that's why we're seeing bi pharma, the a.m.a., and a lo of other organizations jumping into this case >> first i come fo mifepristone, what medicatio is next? >> what else was politically challenging. >> the covid vaccine do you take, what's your rea of how the court decided this? there was only justices alit and thomas who, we don't kno why, justices alito and thomas are the ones who are like, w think the texas ruling shoul stand. do you take a glimmer of hop in that, that once this case does finally come back to th supreme court, that they wil rule again that same way >> so, this is a case, to be clear, that should have neve been heard the folks who filed, that talked about, the alliance they shouldn't have had lega standing to file there is a school of thought amongst constitutional scholar and --

but both judge a few kacsmaryk's ruling benefits court ruling that came out -- and the fifth court rulingthat came out the reinstatement of the comstock act to be used in stopping that emailing the medication abortion drugs. and that could be catastrophic and if the supreme court supports that idea, it would be tantamount potentially to a nationwide ban on abortion, including in blue states because it is very hard for clinics to operate if they can't use the mail. juan: you mention the supme court, how likely is this to get there and how quickly do you envision it getting to the court? >> it could happen very fast because the biden administration -- you know, we have the situation where there are conflicting rulings. the fifth circuit court of appeals has been wanting a judge out of washington state has said in 17 states and washington, d.c., the fda may not impose any new requirements. so the fda is facing these two conflicting rulings. i think what abortion rights advocates are hoping is this are room court is going to act -- supreme court is going to act between now and saturday before

you saw the anti-abortion movement using the comstock act to make this argument before kacsmaryk, andut whether other courts find that persuasive and whether the comstock act is still in part the law of the land. >> understood. yeah, you're raising all of that, and michelle, just to button up the point. when i referred to that, yeah, i think it's known, at least known to us and our viewers where your skepticism comes from, and this goes to i guess a different way i could say is it how low the bar is was the bar so low that people thought activists on the court or right wing judges who tried to move the line would move it again. the news tonight is they did not. that doesn't mean they haven't played other games with that in mind, the question i wanted to ask you and the rest of the panel, having reported this news and the access to the abortion pill remains now, and the case will go on, and my looking at it here as breaking news, that's the result, and it's justice thomas who would deny the application for the stay, and justice alito who dissents from the grant of the application. no o

the counterargument, and you saw it in the fifth circuit and lower court before judge kacsmaryk theymatch what actually happens when you actually take the drug so the studies are done using ultrasounds. before you take the drug you don't have to take an ultrasound they say because of that mismatch, therefore, the fda basically dropped the ball now, i think a lot of fda officials would tell you that's not the standard and that's not how this normally works with lots of fda approved drugs and if that is the standard we are changing the framework for all drugs, not just mifepristone. >> all drugs so if you say i have a problem with, i don't know, what was the drug we were talking about last time i have a problem with viagra take it off the market based on this. >> well, yes and whether that would go through the same hoops that mifepristone has gone through, again like you have a 23-year track record of this drug. and it's not to say there haven't been people who have a bad experience with it again that's a different question as it relates to whether it should be banned for all women for

if hired court overruled kacsmaryk's appeal, that will likely be the reason.t is the wall street journal and if you want to read their thoughts on the matter this morning, you can continue to call in on your opinion. (202) 748-8000 if you support the texas judge decision, (202) 748-8001 if you oppose it, (202) 748-8002 for texas residents. let's hear from bernie, in albany -- new albany, ohio. he supports the decision. caller: my bible tells me that god knew us in the womb. i think life starts at conception. that is what my bible tells me. host: why do you support the texas judge's decision specifically? caller: because i think if you are killing a human being because life starts at conception. and don't start -- it don't start, 10, 15 weeks later. it starts at conception and i think in my opinion, all doctors that do this are murderers. . -- they are supposed to try to save lives, not take lives. host: let's hear from dave in wisconsin on our clothesline -- oppose line. caller: i think the judge overstepped his bounds. i will give you a reason why i am opposi

late friday suspending the fda's approval of the abortion pill known as mifepristone judge matthew kacsmarykriting in his opinion, "the court does not second-guess the fda's decision-making lightly, but here the fda acquiesced on its legitimate safety concerns." he stopped short of an immediate nationwide ban, instead allowing the federal government seven days to appeal the decision. >> this is an assault on the humanity of women. this is an assault on basic reproductive rights, also assault on democracy. >> reporter: the outcome celebrated by the plaintiffs >> this is a significant victory for the doctors and medical associations we represent, and more importantly, the health and safety of women and girls. >> reporter: we sat down with alliance defending freedom before the ruling, the conservative group behind the lawsuit that was also instrumental in overturning roe v. wade. >> the goal of the lawsuit is to protect american women and girls from dangerous chemical abortion drugs. it's not -- we are not seeking a nationwide abortion ban. >> reporter: the drug has been approved by the fda sin

for folks the plaintiffs in texas, the actually sought out this judge and the opinion, the judge kacsmaryk abortion activist, unborn human abortionists instead o doctors. most judges would use the term fetus. what conversations are you involved with right now in order to protect women, an their rights what is happening? >> the first thing i think people should know, abortion access is still available in this country and medication abortion is still available in thi country. i think part of what you'r seeing right now is an effor to confuse people on thi front. so, we're trying to get that information out. but i also think people have t be very, very clear about what has just happened. if he was -- to get his way, in a week, w might be in a different place. there is the second opinio that you named from th washington judge, now the fd is in a place where it has two giant lead conflicting opinion about what to do but if judge kacsmaryk and the right-wing groups that surroun him were to have this their way, abortion access in this countr would be highly restricted, an that is their goal >> it

every federal civil case filed is not automatically assigned to matthew kacsmaryk.conservative consistent track record like his, it is not all that hard to guess which way a judge like has merrick might rule. now, a version of this practice known as forum shopping has been employed by two sides of the political spectrum. whether you consider it manipulative or strategic, it is logical. whoever controls where the case is filed is gonna file in a place that is strategically advantageous to them. republicans did in the obama era, filing a disproportionate number of cases that would lead to the fifth circuit which is based in new orleans, which tends to rule conservatively. democrats did it during the trump era, a lot filing a disproportionate number of cases in courts that would lead to the ninth circuit which tends to rule more liberally. it is not simply a republican problem or democratic problem, but in the last couple of years, a disproportionate your number of bills have been funneled through single judge districts. creating a more pointed version of forum shoppin

an appeals court said kacsmaryk went too far, but it kept some restrictions in place, saying mifepristonetion up to seven weeks despite the fda approval of ten weeks, and requiring three visits to a doctor. the administration is arguing that one federal judge cannot set abortion policy nationwide. the american medical association also is pointing to the bigger picture, calling the lower court rulings dangerous, and saying they could undermine fda approvals of many other drugs. >> we just think it's incredibly reckless to upend our entire drug approval system in this country and create chaos where we're going have individual courts and states around the country basically undoing those decisions. >> reporter: now there are conservative legal principles at the heart of this case on standing which suggests the justices are going to continue to block these lower court rulings indefinitelyra disaccepts being it o it could simply mean they just wanted more time to go through the case. norah? >> no doubt everyone watching very closely. jan crawford, thank you so much. >>> we turn now to that nati

though it seems like a lon shot this consideration we also b underway earlier this, month matthe kacsmarykes it certainly would've banned the distribution of th abortion pill mifepristone if his roiling had not bee appealed for the time being. gus merrick is a controversial trump appointed judge who ha long been known for hi antiabortion views in hi conservative bands but his opinion in a particula case may have cracked the door open for antiabortion forces t weaponize this outdated 15 year old law to further choke off access to abortion care nationwide and that's where the fight could be headed next when you, return we're gonna continue this discussion wit two of the brightest legal minds i know on this ticop michelle goodwin and larry ziegler. ...everyday products... ...designed smarter. like a smart coffee grinder - that orders fresh beans for you. oh, genius! for more breakthroughs like that... ...i need a breakthrough card... like ours! with 2.5% cash back on purchases of $5,000 or more... plus unlimited 2% cash back on all other purchases! and with greater spending potential, sam can

district judg matthew kacsmaryk invalidate the food and dru administration's longtim approval of thethe order reversed years of fd rulings designed to broade access to mifepristone b limiting its usage from te weeks to seven weeks into pregnancy. and suspending the ability t access the pill through th mail such limitations would hav caused restrictions on the medicine even in states wher abortion is still legal. two of the high court's most conservative justices, clarenc thomas and samuel alit launched their opposition to the state. in this dissent, illegal argue that, quote, the applicants ar not entitled to a stay because they have not shown that the are likely to suffer irreparable harm in th interim. and in less than a month, th case will be back before a three person panel - for, now nancy north, presiden of the center for th reproductive rights is suppressing police, let's take a listen >> woke up this morning, still hugely relieved that at leas for the next, i don't know, si weeks, two months, we are goin to be able to have medicatio abortion mifepristone availabl as it was be

we just happened to be at th phase -- >> in 2014, kacsmaryk is condemning no fault divorce, permissive contraception, th sex revolution, and gay rights of course, reversing gay right in america has been and is another -- for the conservative movement. here is the spokeswoman an anti-gay activist, characterizing her crusade >> we were told that we were trying to put fear tactics int the campaign but it was based on evidence o these child pornography rings, which are homosexual prostitution rings, and th corruption of the children this is nationwide >> does that language soun familiar at all to you it is about the children preying on children. we are hearing about it agai now. 45 years later, done even less tactfully. >> the democrats are the party of pedophiles. the democrats are the party of princess predators from disney the democrats are the party of teachers, elementary schoo teachers trying to transitio their elementary school aged children and convince them the are a different gender this is the party of their identity and their identity is the most disgusting, evil, horrible thin

what you can deduce from that, the standing analysis that judge kacsmaryk doesn't trouble them much at all. >> when we're talking about this, it can get very confusing. currently as it stands, mary a lot of laws on the books, regarding abortion and when it's legal and not illegal are still very confusing and very vague. yesterday i had a woman on named amanda zarowski who had to basically be next to death in order to get an abortion she told me about her ordeal, and i just want to play a little bit of it in case you missed it yesterday. >> it took three days for me to reach the point where my life was considered in danger and what happened to me was in a matter of about 15 minutes, i went from, you know, seemingly healthy to septic. and what that looked for me was an extremely high fever. i think it spiked at 103 incoherent confusion, i couldn't walk from the car to our bedroom without my husband's help. >> just to be clear, what happened to you was avoidable if you got the health care you needed when they said you needed it >> yes, exactly. >> and just to give a little more context to

and the could ask the supreme court fo emergency relief if no higher court acts by friday, matthew kacsmarykwill take effect and all this will likely end u before the supreme court so if you thought the dobb decision was the last word o the rollback of women's rights in this country by our court system, judge kacsmaryk ha other plans. joining me now is democratic senator but catherine cortez masto of nevada. thank you so much for joinin me here this morning the dobbs decision was, i think, unquestionably a five alar fire for abortion access for millions of women across the country. you, senator, have bee sounding the alarm over access to mifepristone for months how does this impact thi ruling compared to dobbs i your view, in terms of the impact on women? >> it's a continuation, jen. it is what you said, we ar alarmists and we should be but it started way back when whe they started putting these far-right federalist judges on the bench for this very reason listen, i come from nevada, am a state that's a prou pro-choice state, two thirds o the voters here, two third voted to allow and codify

. >> reporter: the standoff over mifepristone started when texas federal judge matthew kacsmaryk, a trump appointee, sided with a conservative legal group this month ruling that the fda improperly approved the medicine 23 years ago. last week, an appeals court said he went too far. it kept some restrictions in place. the biden administration argues that one judge cannot decide abortion policy for the entire country. the american medical association says the implications go beyond the issue of abortion. >> we just think it's incredibly reckless to up-end our entire drug approval system in this country. >> reporter: the fda says since gaining its approval in 2000, more than five million pregnant people have ended their pregnancies with mifepristone. and yesterday gen biopro, the only manufacturer of the generic mifepristone filed a lawsuit against the fda in an effort to keep that medication on the market. back to you. >> jarred hill in new york. thank you. >>> three people have been arrested in connection with a mass shooting at a sweet 16 birthday party in alabama. authorities say a 20-ye

now, though, a trump—appointed judge in texas — this man, judge matthew kacsmaryk — has ordered a holder properly tested. one of those isjonathan keller of the california family council. we are encouraged that the federal judiciary is finally taking a look at the approval of mifepristone and really holding the fda to account for cutting corners and failing to protect women and children with the approval of the drug originally. well, the biden administration immediately appealed against that ruling. on top of that, a federaljudge in washington state ruled that access to the drug must be preserved in 17 states and challenged the attempt to block it. vice president kamala harris says that banning the drug sets a dangerous precedent. it is contrary to what makes for good public health policy to allow courts and politicians to tell the fda what it should do. this is a drug that the fda approved as safe 20 years ago, and has been proven to be safe for 20 years. since roe was overturned, removing constitutional protection for abortions last year triggering a wave of state—by—state bans, the u

in a 67—page opinion, the districtjudge — matthew kacsmaryk — said the food and drug administration's drugs and subsequent actions by the agency ran afoul of federal law. he put his decision on hold for seven days to allow for the biden administration to appeal. we would bring you the reaction from the white house and the biden administration when it comes in. thank you for watching bbc news i am sumi somaskanda in washington. hello there. good friday was a pretty decent one across the country. plenty of sunshine around. there was still a bit of a chill in the air, but i think as we move deeper into the easter weekend, it will start to warm up as we pick up the air source from the south. it is going to stay dry, plenty of sunshine, then it is all change for the bank holiday easter monday. this area of low pressure begins to spread across the country. it is high pressure dominating the scene to start the easter weekend. lots of dry weather to begin with. on the chilly side mind you, but temperatures will rise fairly quickly. cloud across eastern scotland and easstern england will tend