The nation's top health official said Sunday that a court ruling threatening the availability of a main drug used in medication abortion was “not America' and he did not rule out defying the judge's order if necessary.
“We want the courts to overturn this reckless decision,” Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden's health secretary, told CNN's “State of the Union.” “We want, yes, that women continue to have access to a drug that’s proven itself safe. Millions of women have used this drug around the world.”
Asked whether he might recommend that the FDA ignore a ban, Becerra said, “Everything is on the table." Becerra said Kacsmaryk's order could have dire ramifications for the legality of any FDA-approved drug, such as vaccines, insulin or new Alzheimer's drugs coming onto the market because it seeks to “turn upside down” the entire FDA approval process.
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