A Trump judge’s mifepristone ruling set off a national panic
A Trump-appointed federal judge’s decision to freeze the FDA’s abortion-pill approval created immediate confusion and backlash on April 11. The practical screwup here was not Trump himself signing an order, but the broader Trump judicial legacy producing a ruling that threatened access to a widely used medication and handed Democrats a vivid example of what his movement’s court strategy looks like in practice.
A Trump-appointed federal judge’s decision to freeze the FDA’s abortion-pill approval created immediate confusion and backlash on April 11. The practical screwup here was not Trump himself signing an order, but the broader Trump judicial legacy producing a ruling that threatened access to a widely used medication and handed Democrats a vivid example of what his movement’s court strategy looks like in practice.
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