The National Injunction on Mifepristone Causes a Legal Skirmish

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's national injunction on the drug mifepristone seems destined for the Supreme Court after the decision riles up both sides of the political debate on abortion. Plus, some Democrats are encouraging the Biden administration to simply ignore the ruling, defying a lawful order and creating a dangerous precedent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:19.3	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,
0:22.0	this is Potomac Watch.
0:25.0	Conflicting court rulings on an abortion drug
0:28.0	create a legal clash that is likely to end up
0:31.0	at the Supreme Court.
0:32.5	It also further royals the politics of abortion.
0:36.5	Plus, prominent Democrats say that by administration
0:39.2	should defy a national injunction by a federal judge
0:42.8	in Texas that would overturn a food and drug
0:45.9	administration decision proving that abortion drug,
0:49.2	Mepha Pristone.
0:50.2	How is this all going to play out in court
0:52.9	and at the voting booth?
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