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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Sam Levine

AOC urges Biden to ignore Texas ruling suspending approval of abortion drug

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pointed out that the Trump administration ignored court ruling on immigration issues.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pointed out that the Trump administration ignored court ruling on immigration issues. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock

The New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on Sunday there was “an extraordinary amount of precedent” for the Joe Biden White House to ignore a Friday court ruling suspending federal approval of a drug used in medication abortion.

Those remarks from the Democratic US House member quickly prompted a threat by the Texas Republican congressman Tony Gonzales to defund certain programs under the federal agency which oversees medication approvals if Biden’s administration did as Ocasio-Cortez suggested.

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