According to CNN, a Texas federal judge ruled Friday to suspend the FDA’s approval of mifepristone which is one of two drugs used together to cause an abortion — virtually banning the sale of the pills across the country.
While making the decision the judge gave the Biden administration a week to appeal, meaning all of the patients who use the medication both for abortions and treating miscarriages will not be immediately impacted. According to reports the judge who made the decision is named, Matthew Kacsmaryk.
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Kacsmaryk said that FDA violated federal standards when it first approved mifepristone 23 years ago. “The Court does not second-guess FDA’s decision-making lightly. But here, FDA acquiesced on its legitimate safety concerns — in violation of its statutory duty — based on plainly unsound reasoning and studies that did not support its conclusions. Why did it take two decades for judicial review in federal court? After all, Plaintiffs’ petitions challenging the 2000 Approval date back to the year 2002, right? Simply put, FDA stonewalled judicial review — until now,” he wrote.
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The pills, which the FDA approved for use in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy more than two decades ago, recently became the most common method of abortion in the United States. The news has quickly surfaced on Twitter and a lot of users are outraged about this decision. “He’s not neutral. He’s spoken out against abortion 4 years. He should be impeached & removed but he’s in Texas so that’ll never happen. + this case was brought in his jurisdiction where he’s the only judge=judge shopping. This should be illegal. The courts r broken.” One person said.
This is Matthew Kacsmaryk, the Trump judge in Texas who just halted the FDA’s 23-year-old approval of abortion pills in EVERY state, making their distribution illegal in a week.
He previously said LGBT people are “disordered.” Republicans confirmed him to be judge for life. pic.twitter.com/tP2dxI7fIm
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) April 7, 2023
He’s not neutral. He’s spoken out against abortion 4 years. He should be impeached & removed but he’s in Texas so that’ll never happen. + this case was brought in his jurisdiction where he’s the only judge=judge shopping. This should be illegal. The courts r broken. @FixTheCourt
— KellyGirl (@kellygirl2600) April 7, 2023
BREAKING: A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the FDA’s authorization of the abortion drug mifepristone was improper and has suspended its approval. The ruling is suspended for seven days allowing for the federal government to appeal. pic.twitter.com/NWjPrpVSQW
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) April 7, 2023
BREAKING: Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, an appointee of Donald Trump who’s become notorious for spewing ultra-conservative views far outside mainstream opinion, ruled to suspend the abortion pill’s approval after anti-abortion groups petitioned him to do so. https://t.co/fnHdjeBTt5
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 7, 2023
This one obscure Trump-appointed judge in backwoods Texas really just outlawed the abortion pill nationwide. These perverted right wing Republican creeps just don’t know when to quit. Now these stupid motherfuckers are going to hear women roar from sea to shining sea.
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) April 7, 2023
#Socialites are you outraged by this ruling?