Protesters denounce \u2018kangaroo court\u2019 after high-stakes Texas abortion pill hearing<\/p>\n
Organizers encouraged protesters to don kangaroo costumes in a denunciation of what they view as bogus legal claims before a highly ideological judge known for his anti-abortion views. Jaime Cruz, 23, heeded the call, arriving in costume and with a gavel in hand. \u201cWhat\u2019s going on in there is unconstitutional, so we\u2019re showing the circus that\u2019s going on inside, outside,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Read more at The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n Access to abortion pill in the balance as Texas judge hears mifepristone case<\/p>\n Women\u2019s March organizers planned to hold a mock trial outside the courthouse, reading aloud statements that the Trump-appointed judge has previously made about women, immigration and abortion. \u201cWe\u2019re going to make sure that folks understand exactly what kind of person is running this kangaroo court inside and the ways in which he has actually made very clear that he is not an impartial jurist, but in fact, a politician who is trying to legislate from the bench,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Read more at The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n Long-used US abortion pill under threat in Texas lawsuit<\/p>\n Lawyers for the group Alliance Defending Freedom asked Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk during the hearing in Amarillo, Texas, to issue an immediate order that would revoke or suspend the drug mifepristone\u2019s approval. Such a step would be an unprecedented challenge to the FDA, which approved mifepristone in combination with a second pill as a safe and effective method for ending pregnancy in 2000.<\/p>\n Read more at The Hill<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Protesters denounce \u2018kangaroo court\u2019 after high-stakes Texas abortion pill hearing Organizers encouraged protesters to don kangaroo costumes in a denunciation of what they view as bogus legal claims before a highly ideological judge known for his anti-abortion views. Jaime Cruz, 23, heeded the call, arriving in costume and with a gavel in hand. \u201cWhat\u2019s going … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[121,107,168,170,10,169],"class_list":["post-812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-abortion-misinformation","tag-abortion-pills","tag-anti-abortion-judges","tag-forum-shopping","tag-texas","tag-trump-judges"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":813,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}