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      President Joe Biden speaks to the media on March 31, 2023.

      'No': Biden White House Rejects Demands to Ignore Trump Judge's Abortion Pill Ruling

      Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ron Wyden urged the administration to ignore the order, calling it a dangerous abuse of power.

      Jake Johnson
      Apr 11, 2023

      The Biden White House on Monday said it would not simply ignore a Trump-appointed judge's ruling that could imperil access to a safe abortion medication, dismissing a demand from progressive lawmakers who characterized the decision as a flagrant abuse of judicial power with far-reaching implications.

      "No," an unnamed White House spokesperson toldTalking Points Memo when asked whether it would instruct the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ignore the right-wing judge's ruling invalidating the agency's decades-old approval of mifepristone, which is typically used as part of a two-pill regimen to end a pregnancy.

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