Key takeaways:
- U.S. District Judge appointed by former President Donald Trump has suspended the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of abortion pills
- Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer has urged Republicans to speak out against the ruling, calling it an “attack on women’s health”
- President Joe Biden has said his administration will file an appeal against the ruling
In a move that has sparked outrage among Congressional Democrats, a U.S. District Judge appointed by former President Donald Trump has suspended the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of abortion pills.
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk held that the FDA “manipulated and misconstrued” certain parts of the drug approval process in 2000 in order “to greenlight elective abortions.” If the ruling goes into effect, it would curtail access to the standard regimen for medication abortion nationwide.
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer has urged Republicans to speak out against the ruling, saying that if they remain silent, they are “complicit in taking away reproductive rights from tens of millions of Americans.” Schumer has also referred to the ruling as an “attack on women’s health” and the judge as a “right-wing MAGA judge.”
The top Democrat in the House, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY., said the “Extreme MAGA Republican assault on abortion care is spreading across America like a malignant tumor.”
President Joe Biden has said his administration will file an appeal against the ruling, which has been given a week to be appealed. It remains to be seen if Republicans in Congress will speak out against the ruling.
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