evening, there s breaking news and a big victory for the biden administration, the fda and the maker but widely used abortion medication that s been taken by millions of women from more than two decades. mifepristone about an hour ago, we learned that a majority of justices on the supreme court decided in effect that the pill will remain legal no restrictions on its usage while an appeal of a lower lower court ruling moves forward that ruling by a federal judge in texas, known as an opponent of abortion, put a hold on the federal approval of the pill by the fda in 2000. and raised questions about the scientific evidence provided by the fda supporting its safety. the fifth circuit court of appeals, then froze parts of that texas judge s ruling but still left significant restrictions on this distribution prohibited pills sent by mail narrowed the window of its availability and blocked healthcare providers who are not doctors from prescribing the pills. this new ruling by the su
questions about the scientific evidence provided by the fda supporting its safety. the fifth circuit court of appeals, then froze parts of that texas judge s ruling but still left significant restrictions on this distribution. it prohibited pills sent by mail narrowed the window of its availability and blocked healthcare providers who are not doctors from prescribing the pills. this new ruling by the supreme court, requested by the vitamin ist rations removes all restrictions while the continues. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider joins us now with more so the justices had until midnight. the ruling didn t come down until well into the evening. do we know why well, we ve been waiting for this a week. anderson after that initial kind of extension on wednesday as well, and it s likely that justice alito, who is the one who wrote he needed time to maybe write this four page dissent, and it s possible even that during their conference this morning, maybe the justices wer
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now. tonight on all in, all members voted have all members voted the abortion bans kee passing and national republicans can t not defend it. when you look at the issues of abortion, i start with th various important conversation i had at a banking hearing tonight, florida s vote t reverse reproductive rights as the lawless ruling on abortion pills likely heads to th supreme court. and then, another deposition for a disgraced ex president will supporters get away wit threatening his prosecutor plus, what we know about the 21-year-old air national guardsmen arrested for leaking pentagon docks first it was secret lavish gifts from a billionaire donor to the supreme court justice why was the same donor secretl buying real estate fro clarence thomas? when all in starts right now and good evening from new york i m chris hayes. today, lawmakers in th republican controlled florid state house passed a bil banning abortion after just si weeks of pregnancy effectively,
and your brother even closer than you would have been otherwise? yeah. it s made us a lot closer. every time i signed to him, see a smile on his face. after high school, surely i planning on becoming an as interpreter. for example, i m going to the store. so, how would you sign that i go to store and she s already getting started. i just feel there should be a lot more - out there for people like my brother. it s a sign of what to come rehema ellis, nbc news, ne york thank you to the grea rehema ellis and on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the network networks of nbc news, thanks for staying u late i will see you at the end of tomorrow tonight on all in - have all members voted? have all members voted the abortion bans kee passing and national republicans can t not defend it when you look at the issues of abortion, i start with th various important conversation i had at a banking hearing tonight, florida s