Reactions to Texas abortion pill ruling: Outrage and muted praise

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While Democrats condemned the judge, Republicans talked about almost anything else on social media. Read more at straitstimes.com.

– and a contradictory ruling from a judge in Washington state ordering the FDA to maintain its approval as is in some states – the divide in political reactions was as much between words and silence as it was between pro- and anti-abortion rights.

Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith was an exception, writing on Twitter that the abortion ruling was “a victory for pregnant mothers & their unborn children”. “This is a significant victory for the doctors and medical associations we represent and, more importantly, the health and safety of women and girls,” Mr Erik Baptist, a lawyer for the Alliance Defending Freedom, told reporters on Friday evening, adding that he could not comment on the Washington ruling because he had not read it yet.

Attorney-General Lynn Fitch of Mississippi, who led a coalition of Republican attorneys-general who wrote a brief supporting the Texas lawsuit, praised the ruling in a Twitter post.

 

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