Biden Administration Vows to Fight Texas Abortion Pill Ruling
- Ruling leaves no prescription safe from attacks, Biden says
- Merrick Garland says Justice Department will appeal decision
Joe Biden
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President Joe Biden vowed to fight a ruling from a conservative judge in Texas that could block a widely used abortion drug, thrusting the issue of reproductive rights back into the spotlight ahead of the 2024 election.
“If this ruling were to stand, then there will be virtually no prescription, approved by the FDA, that would be safe from these kinds of political, ideological attacks,” Biden said in a statement late Friday. “It is the next big step toward the national ban on abortion that Republican elected officials have vowed to make law in America.”