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The ReidOut with Joy Reid

Judge officially puts FDA’s approval of mifepristone, the abortion pill, on hold

The ReidOut with Joy Reid

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🗓️ 8 April 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Joy Reid leads this episode of The ReidOut with two major stories linked to the right's minority rule attack on democracy. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke in Tennessee on Friday after meeting this afternoon with the "Tennessee Three." We bring you more on this story. Plus, we have breaking news out of Texas on the major ruling that we have been waiting for. Federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk has officially put the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, the abortion pill, on hold. He has given the federal government seven days to seek emergency relief. This is the biggest blow to abortion access since the reversal of Roe v. Wade. The case effects access to the drug not just in Texas but nationwide. All this and more in this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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0:00.0

We are following two major stories tonight on the rights minority rule attack on democracy.

0:11.3

Good evening, everyone.

0:12.8

Welcome to the readout.

0:13.8

Right now, Vice President Kamala Harris is speaking in Tennessee after meeting this

0:18.2

afternoon with the Tennessee three.

0:19.9

And we're going to get to that in a moment.

0:22.5

But first, in just the last hour, we got breaking news out of Texas and a major ruling

0:27.5

that we have been waiting for.

0:29.7

Well, Judge Matthew Kessmark has officially put the FDA's approval of MIFA Pristone,

0:34.4

the abortion pill, on hold.

0:36.8

He's given the federal government seven days to seek emergency relief.

0:40.7

This is the biggest blow to abortion access since the reversal of row.

0:44.8

The case affects access to the drug, not just in Texas, but in every state in the United

0:50.5

States, all across the country.

0:52.0

Joining me now is MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin, along with many to Maraju, president

0:57.1

of Naira Prochoice America.

0:58.8

We actually might be waiting for them.

1:00.5

We were waiting for them right now.

1:01.6

But I want to just let you all know that we are following both of these two stories.

1:06.0

So we will have the speech that we know that Vice President Kamala Harris gave at Fisk

1:11.3

University in Tennessee.

1:13.6

That was happening while we were waiting to come on the air.

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