N.Y. must act to protect abortion: The Texas ruling against the abortion pill mifepristone adds to the urgency of Albany passing the Reproductive Freedom and Equity Act
Last June, the Supreme Court stripped away the federal right to abortion. As if the Dobbs decision wasn’t enough, a Texas federal judge suspended the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone on Friday, a safe and effective drug used in the U.S. for more than 20 years by more than 4.9 million people to end early pregnancies.