from just about anywhere. expand your team with a fiber freelancer. cnn presents a max original heaven s gate tomorrow at 10 on cnn. live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. the 19 sixties had the chicago eight today. nashville has the tennessee three. the state lawmakers, all democrats. targeted by republicans for leading a loud but peaceful protest on the house floor in that legislature. they were demanding gun reform after the nashville school shooting that left six people, including 39, year old children dead. to expel lawmakers justin pearson and justin jones are black. gloria johnson, who is white, kept her seat by just one vote. that fact has only added to the anger in tennessee and across the country. cnn correspondent isabelle rose saleh s joins us with more details as well, it seems like there s already a path potentially to return both of these lawmakers to their seats. so what? what happens next? jim it is very much within the realm of reality here
morning, everyone it is saturday . april 8th. i m amro walker. i m victor blackwell. you are in the cnn newsroom and we begin with the abortion debate across the country. this time, it s over access to medication. abortion after federal courts issued conflicting rulings began after a federal judge in texas ruled to suspend the fda s two decade old approval. of method. pistone then washington state judge ruled the fda must keep the pill on the shelves and 17 democratic states and the district of columbia. cnn s senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen joins us now. so explain what medford press stone is and what happens next. so victor medford. redstone is one of two drugs that are used in medicated abortions. in other words, abortions that are used by pill rather than by a surgical procedure. as you said they ve been used safely from more than 20 years. they have an excellent safety profile, and actually, they are now quite common. let s take a look at what s happened wi
dueling decisions, creating a flash point in the fight for abortion rights in texas. a federal judge s halting the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug medford pretzels own one of the main medications used to provide abortions. but less than an hour later, conflicting court ruling out of washington state judge their order the federal government to protect access to the drug and 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia. the two decisions are the most significant on abortion since the u. s. supreme court overturned roe v. wade last summer, cnn s rosa flores and arlette signs are following all of the developments rosa to you first. why did the texas judge suspend the fda approval of this drug take us through the judge s order? it will. fred this judge did not hold back in this order . 67 pages 67 pages, he rips apart the fda approval of oppressed own, saying that the approval was flawed that the fda did not consider the risks to girls and women. let
cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the hour with two dueling lawsuits and two separate states, putting the national spotlight back on the issue of abortion rights. in texas. a federal judge has ruled that the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug wordpress stone should be halted . this is one of the most trusted and widely used drugs for medication abortions. the court did pause the ruling for one week so that an appeal which is already underway can be filed . president biden vowed late friday night that he will fight the ruling in texas. meantime in washington state, a federal judge moved to protect access to that very same. abortion medication across 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia. cnn s rosa flores is in houston forest. rosa walk us through both the judge s order and how we got here. this is a very big story down in texas, where you are. you know, it absolutely is. and this judge judge matthews has merrick really did
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