From New York, this is Democracy Now, Dueling Rulings. Two federal judges have handed down

conflicting decisions on the abortion pill method first stone. An anti-abortion Trump

appointed judge in Texas halted the FDA's approval of the drug while a judge in Washington

state orders the FDA to maintain the status quo on method first stone, which was approved

by the FDA 23 years ago. We'll speak to the head of Planned Parenthood, Alexis McGill-Johnson,

as well as Jessica Mason-Picklow of ReWire News.

The anti-trace movement is authoritarian by nature and they are using the federal courts

to do what they can't do in state houses.

We'll also talk to the co-founder of the Miss Carriage and abortion hotline who works to

increase access to abortion pills, as well as the only independent abortion provider in Arizona.

This leaves pregnant people and clinics in Lembo all while abortion access is already

difficult or impossible for many in Arizona and across the country.

We'll also look at how the federal judge in Texas based his ruling on the abortion pill

in part on the 1873 Comstock Act, which banned the interstate mailing or distribution of

quote, obscene materials.

Welcome to Democracy Now, democracynow.org, the Warren Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman.

Two federal judges issued conflicting rulings around medication abortion Friday night, creating

even greater turmoil amidst windling abortion rights in the United States. In Texas, a Trump

appointed judge placed a nationwide injunction on the FDA's approval of methaprystone issued

over two decades ago, which is due to take effect at the end of this week.

The Justice Department is appealing the ruling, meanwhile, in a separate case, just an hour

later Friday night, a Washington state judge ordered the FDA not to make any changes to

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