Multiple news sources are reporting a spectacular development that “a federal judge on Friday halted the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, delivering a blow to abortion rights advocates in the wake of the Supreme Court's dismantling of the constitutional right to abortion” (
Yes, there are dueling injunctions. There is a 7-day stay on the one in Texas that orders the FDA to withdraw approval of mifepristone nationwide, so there is no immediate impact. The second injunction is from a judge in Washington State; sixteen other states (and Washington, D.C.) signed onto the suit brought by the Washington State Attorney General (he is a gem, by the way) and this one prohibits the FDA from pulling the drug off the market and takes effect immediately. So...those are the two rulings. Who knows how they will play out? As a side bar, just this week the state of Washington acquired 30,000 doses of mifepristone, and the University of Washington has an additional 10,000 doses. The governor did this specifically to have a supply on hand in the event the Texas judge ruled the way he did. There are definitely benefits of living in a blue bubble...
Yes, there are dueling injunctions. There is a 7-day stay on the one in Texas that orders the FDA to withdraw approval of mifepristone nationwide, so there is no immediate impact. The second injunction is from a judge in Washington State; sixteen other states (and Washington, D.C.) signed onto the suit brought by the Washington State Attorney General (he is a gem, by the way) and this one prohibits the FDA from pulling the drug off the market and takes effect immediately. So...those are the two rulings. Who knows how they will play out? As a side bar, just this week the state of Washington acquired 30,000 doses of mifepristone, and the University of Washington has an additional 10,000 doses. The governor did this specifically to have a supply on hand in the event the Texas judge ruled the way he did. There are definitely benefits of living in a blue bubble...
Thanks for more info! And what an excellent couple of folks you got there. ✔️✔️
-Vanessa
Yep. I consider myself very luck to be represented by Governor Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson.
You are indeed. I'm glad we have some really good states and leadership in at least some places.