Hill April 11, 2023
President Biden on Tuesday called it “completely out of bounds” for a federal judge in Texas to invalidate the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decades-old approval of the abortion medication mifepristone.
“My thoughts are it’s completely out of bounds what the judge did,” Biden said when asked about last week’s ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk.
Mifepristone was first approved by the FDA in 2000 and has been proven safe and effective. It’s one of two medications used to induce a medical abortion in the U.S.
Kacsmaryk ruled Friday in favor of anti-abortion groups, halting the FDA’s approval of the drug.
If the decision is upheld, advocates have warned, it could open the door to any third party...
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