The move comes days after a Federal judge issued a ruling that stayed the FDA's 2000 approval of the abortion medication mifepristone
"You’re not talking about just mifepristone,” U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said on CNN
200 pharmaceutical company executives objected to the mifepristone ban by "a federal judge with no scientific training"
“If a judge decides to substitute his personal opinion for that of scientists- what drug isn’t subject to some kind of legal challenge?”
Abortion bans in 12 states supersede restrictions on medication while 15 states require medication abortion be provided by a physician
Walgreens will lose about $54 million as a result of Newsom ordering withdrawal of a planned renewal of contract on May 1, 2023
20 Republican state attorneys general threatened to sue Walgreens for offering mifepristone
Missouri’s brief alleges medication abortions, which have been used for more than two decades, ‘are much riskier than surgical abortions’
Kacsmaryk's past statements include: homosexuality is "disordered" & transgender people are suffering a "delusion" or "mental disorder"
