Sat Apr 8, 2023 – 10:04 am EDTSat Apr 8, 2023 – 10:36 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A federal judge in Texas has issued an order putting on hold the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, the first of the two abortion pills used in sequence for more than half of all US abortions. The order will go into effect on April 14.
The delayed effect of the order, issued on Friday, April 7 (Good Friday), was to allow time for the FDA to seek emergency relief from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.
The order from Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk would apply to all 50 states, including those where abortion is currently legal. However, just two hours after Kacsmaryk issued his order, a different judge in the state of Washington made a conflicting Order requiring the abortion drug to remain on the market in the states of Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Michigan and the District of Columbia.
Kacsmaryk is a Trump administration appointee in Amarillo, Texas. The Washington judge, Spokane-based Judge Thomas O. Rice, is an Obama administration appointee.
It is noteworthy that the judge in
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