On Friday, a judge in Texas spanned the most used abortion pill in the country.

Literally minutes later, a judge in Washington states that the FDA had to maintain access to the drug.

On Monday, over 400 drug executives blasted the ruling from that Texas judge,

saying it was sowing chaos in the pharmaceutical industry.

The stakes here are very significant.

If this ruling stands, it would have a nationwide impact, even in states where abortion is legal,

and that would dramatically reduce access to the most common form of abortion in this country.

Chaos is probably the best word to describe abortion access in the United States right now.

From California, where lawmakers are doing everything they can to turn the state into an abortion sanctuary,

to Idaho, where you can now go to prison for driving a minor to get an abortion in California.

We're going to take stock of the chaos on today's blend.

And in North senior correspondent in Vox, we're going to get into the politics of this issue in a bit.

But first, tell us what is going on with abortion pills in America right now, because it feels like we got a lot of news in the past few days.

Yes, there's certainly a lot going on.

So first up, late last week, a judge in Texas in this very highly anticipated federal case,

suspended the Food and Drug Administration's approval of Mithapristan,

which is one of the most widely used abortion medications in the country.

When we think of abortion, we often think of a type of surgery,

but according to the CDC, more than half of all abortions rely on medication,

and this ruling in Texas could dramatically change that.

Okay, and then there was another case.

That's right. So almost simultaneously, a judge in Washington ruled essentially that the FDA

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