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Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, allowed three states to go forward with a lawsuit that seeks to change how ...

The federal judge who paved a path for abortion drug clearance to reach the Supreme Court has allowed red states to revive ...

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A federal judge in Texas ruled that three states can challenge the current rules of accessibility for abortion pills.

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The states want the federal Food and Drug Administration to prohibit telehealth prescriptions for mifepristone and require that it be used only in the first seven weeks of pregnancy instead of the ...

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo decided that the three states can continue their case against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ... brought by anti-abortion groups and ...