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Federal Judge in Texas Hears Arguments in Case That Could Disrupt Abortion Access Nationwide

HeadlineMar 16, 2023

In Texas, a federal judge heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could restrict medication abortions throughout the nation, revoking the FDA’s two-decade-old approval of mifepristone — the most common abortion method in the U.S. Demonstrators rallied outside the courthouse in Amarillo. This is activist Janda Raker.

Janda Raker: “It feels very discouraging. It feels like we have gone back in history. When I was a young mother in 1962, they were just starting to let women take the pill. And so, now we’ve come to abortions have been legal since '73, and now they're not.”

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