Following Gonzalez's comment of supporting states' rights, he paused when asked a followup question pertaining to how the federal government's ruling would limit access to the drug in states once it’s put into practice. “Isn’t a federal judge saying on a national level that a pill cannot be administered the opposite of states’ rights,” Bash asked Gonzales. When asked, Gonzales brought up the Texas Senate Bill 8, which went into effect in September 2021. The law was enacted prior to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which put abortion rights back into the hands of state governments. In response to the new precedent, Texas executed a trigger law banning abortion unless the individual is placed in a life-threatening situation caused by the pregnancy.

Source: CNN April 14, 2023 14:35 UTC