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Kacsmaryk’s decision ordering a hold on federal approval of mifepristone overruled decades of scientific approval.
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# White House Addresses Texas Court Ruling Threatening Availability of Drug Used in Medication Abortions

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_Published 2023-04-10. There is uncertainty about access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the United States following two separate and conflicting court rulings in Texas and Washington over the legality of mifepristone. Kacsmaryk’s decision ordering a hold on federal approval of mifepristone overruled decades of scientific approval._


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## Transcript

Once again, today the president has called on republicans in Congress to work together with Democrats, to take action over the weekend. A single Court. In Texas has taken the dangerous steps of rejecting FDA, scientific approval of me for Prestone, a medication that has been on the market for more than 20 years and is used safely in more than 60 countries, providing Critical Care for Women. This court decision threatens access to to this medication which is used not only for abortion, but also for other critical person purposes like helping women manage miscarriages. If the decision stands, it will put Women's Health at risk and undermined, the fda's ability to ensure patients have access to safe and effective medications, when they need them.

The most, this decision, further Stripes away, Americans fundamental freedoms, and interferes with a woman's ability to make decisions about her own body.

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