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.
“For America's sake and for women's sake, we have to prevail in this,” he said.
Asked whether he might recommend that the FDA ignore a ban, Becerra said, “Everything is on the table." A federal judge in Texas ordered a hold on federal approval on mifepristone, a common abortion pill that received FDA approval in 2000.
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