Legal battles over abortion pill access continue amidst conflicting rulings.

The Biden administration has appealed a Texas judge's ruling that could suspend the approval of abortion pills nationwide and jeopardize access to the most common method of terminating a pregnancy. Some Democrats are calling on President Joe Biden to use his executive powers to protect the drugs' availability even before the case is heard by the conservative-leaning 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. However, the Biden administration is afraid any public defiance of the ruling could hurt its position while the case moves through the appeals process. Some legal experts are warning the administration against defying the decision this early in the process, saying doing so could create a precedent that gives future presidents cover to ignore "future orders that would be more firmly rooted in the law."