Controversy Surrounds Texas Abortion Pill Ruling and Appeals.

The Justice Department has appealed a Texas court ruling that would halt approval of mifepristone, a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the U.S. The FDA approved mifepristone in 2000, but a Texas judge's ruling could restrict access to the drug as early as Friday. The Biden administration called the decision "extraordinary and unprecedented" and said it would harm women. The ruling could endanger other medications, according to pharmaceutical executives. The lawsuit was filed by the Alliance Defending Freedom, which was also involved in the Mississippi case that led to Roe v. Wade being overturned.