Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk heard arguments in the case after attempting to keep the hearing under wraps to avoid protests.
Matthew Kacsmaryk during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2017.mifepristone in 2000 after vetting it for over four years. Its approval in the US came nearly a decade after it was authorized for use in the UK and Sweden.
But in the hearing Wednesday, Kacsmaryk reportedly questioned DOJ lawyers about the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, suggesting the process had been done in an accelerated manner. , asking the anti-abortion group’s lawyer, Erik Baptist, if he knew of any prior instances where a court has ordered a ban on an FDA-approved drug. Baptist admitted there were none, but argued this was due to the FDA “stonewalling” the group’s previous objections to the drug in 2002 and 2019.
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