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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Judge who wants to block mifepristone removed his name from anti-abortion article before Senate confirmation

via REUTERS

The federal judge presiding over a challenge to a widely used abortion drug reportedly failed to disclose to members of Congress that he authored an article attacking abortion rights and transgender healthcare in a right-wing legal journal.

US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, then an attorney for an influential conservative Christian legal group, removed his name from the article before a judicial nomination process under then-President Donald Trump, according to The Washington Post.

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