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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Law and Politics of Abortion Policy

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The national debate over abortion continues to play out in the courts as the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturns a national injunction and keeps the drug mifepristone on the market. Plus, Governor Ron DeSantis says he will sign Florida's 'heartbeat bill' that would ban most abortions after six weeks. Will that help or hurt his possible presidential campaign? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:19.7

From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:26.5

The abortion drug, Mythopristone, is staying on the market after the fifth circuit court

0:30.8

of appeals stayed in injunction issued by a federal judge on the drug.

0:36.9

But the case seems destined to reach the Supreme Court.

0:40.6

Plus Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, as it he'll sign a pending Florida law that would ban

0:45.2

abortions after six weeks, a so-called heartbeat bill.

0:48.9

How will that play politically if the Florida Governor decides to run for?

0:53.7

President, the law and the politics of abortion policy is our topic for today on Potomac Watch.

0:59.7

And welcome.

1:00.7

I'm Paul Gigo, the editorial page editor.

1:02.6

I'm here with the colleague, Sa'Khalen-Levy, and Kim Straussle.

1:06.1

Let's take up the fifth circuit ruling first came in a little before midnight on late Wednesday.

1:12.5

And a two-to-one ruling overturned the national injunction over the Mythopristone by saying

1:18.6

that the plaintiffs who are pro-life doctors and judge Jean-Mathieu Kismarik, who had issued

1:25.0

the ruling and the injunction, had violated the statute of limitations of six years for

1:29.8

challenging an FDA decision to approve the drug, or the original decision of approval was

1:35.6

in the year 2000.

1:37.4

The appeals court did not let stand the judges' injunction on FDA rules that had loosened

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