The protest was triggered after a Texas federal judge halted the FDA's approval of the drug mifepristone, which is the most commonly used method of abortion in the United States.
rights rallied outside Federal Plaza Saturday before taking their rally to the streets, marching down to Michigan Avenue.Texas federal judge halted the FDA's approval of the drug mifepristoneThe judge said the FDA's more than 20-year-old approval is a violation of federal law around accelerated approval for certain drugs.
Protesters in Chicago said it overruled decades of scientific approval in yet another attempt to make abortion illegal nationwide.
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