Key takeaways:
- A federal judge in West Virginia has denied a request from Republican officials to pause a lawsuit from a maker of mifepristone.
- The case is now pending at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and it began when the FDA approved the use of mifepristone.
- Judge Kacsmaryk’s failure to disclose his extremist views has raised questions about his impartiality and his ability to make unbiased rulings.
A federal judge in West Virginia has denied a request from Republican officials to pause a lawsuit from a maker of mifepristone. The judge used the opportunity to criticize U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, for failing to disclose two interviews on a Christian radio show where he discussed his extremist views on contraception and gay rights.
The case is now pending at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. It began when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of mifepristone, an abortion pill, in the United States. Judge Kacsmaryk invalidated the FDA’s approval of mifepristone earlier this month, using the language of anti-abortion activists in his ruling.
CNN reported that Judge Kacsmaryk had appeared on the “Chosen Generation” radio show in 2014 while he was working as deputy general counsel at a religious liberty advocacy group called First Liberty Institute. During the interviews, he discussed his views on contraception and gay rights, which have been described as extremist.
The lawsuit is now in the hands of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and it remains to be seen how the court will rule. In the meantime, Judge Kacsmaryk’s failure to disclose his extremist views has raised questions about his impartiality and his ability to make unbiased rulings.
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