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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 ....
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 justic ....
Regimen. it s about what the fda authorization can have. it s about all the different drugs that could actually be authorized. the fda themselves was sued this week by the generic manufacturer of medford, kristen. there are questions about the chilling effect not just medically. but also what it would mean for drugs and innovation. more broadly, i think the court recognized that that this is not the time to have a hasty decision, let it go through the courts and then decide jennifer what stood out to you. about this. well what s interesting to me about this is you know we re going back to the fifth circuit. now there ll be a new panel that won t be the same panel that heard it before. but at least the supreme court is saying we re willing to let it be where it was for these 23 years, right? i mean, the fifth circuit is conservative as it is, did find that the statute of limitations prohibited them going back to 2000, so at least the drug would be available. we don t know what the new p ....
Consider how they will ultimately rule if this were to come before the supreme court, but they re essentially saying, we acknowledge and some small part that a decision like this might in fact, create the kind of chaos that a premature or a out of line in terms of the order of how things should go. ruling would actually happen. let s let this entire thing play out because that s in ever since essence what we should be doing in the long run. but remember, this case is far more than about the one drug of a two drug regimen. it s about what the fda authorization can have. it s about all the different drugs that could actually be authorized. the fda themselves was sued this week by the generic manufacturer of medford , kristen. there are questions about the chilling effect not just medically. but also what it would mean for drugs and innovation. more broadly, i think the court recognized that that this is not the time to have a hasty decision. let it go through the courts and then decide j ....
Factors into the supreme court s decision because at the end of the day, even though they like to claim they re not political there, in some ways a political body govern understand, assigned this six week ban late at night, and there s the medications like mifid per stone, where american it s on restrictions. yes. so you know, i think that s part of the reason why donald trump is you know when he s running his campaign. he s like, what is ron desantis doing? you know, i want to get away from the abortion question. and why? because americans are overwhelmingly opposed to banning the abortion pill, right ? 70% of americans, you look on a six week abortion ban. americans overwhelmingly opposed about 60% but more than that it divides the republican party. in fact, an episodes poll last month found that a slight majority of republicans oppose. uh basically restricting the abortion pill. and more than that, even on a six week ban. there s a significant number a significant minority within th ....