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A conservative judge in Texas has raised questions about an effort to overturn the decades-old approval of a leading abortion drug, in a case that could threaten the country’s most common method to end pregnancies
ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images(AMARILLO, Texas) A federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled to suspend the abortion drug mifepristone, which was approved by regulators 23 years ago and has now become one of the most common methods of abortion in the country.
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled to suspend the FDA s approval of mifepristone. The ruling is paused for seven days so the federal government may appeal.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Department of Justice strongly disagreed with the decision and would file an appeal.
"Today s decision overturns the FDA s expert judgment, rendered over two decades ago, that mifepristone is safe and effective. The Department will continue to defend the FDA s decision," Garland said in a statement.
Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, held a hearing on the issue on March 15 in Amarillo, Texas, where the conservative plaintiffs in the case argued the Food and Drug Administration was wrong to approve mifepristone.
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