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The latest ruling involved a lawsuit filed last year on behalf of two adults and two minors. An estimated 9,000 transgender people in Florida use Medicaid to fund their treatments.

U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle heard arguments from an attorney representing the three families in a case that argues they are being stripped of the right to make medical decisions for their children.

The case involves a regulatory issue — whether FDA approval of the abortion pill, and later actions making it more easily available — must be rolled back.

The Biden administration had asked the higher court to stay a decision from a Texas judge while the appeal plays out.

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk issued his decision Friday but ruled it would not take effect for seven days. The Biden administration on Monday asked the New Orleans-based appellate court to extend the pause on the order.

A medical ethics expert says a Texas abortion pill ruling is unprecedented because a federal judge "standing in" for regulators could have far-reaching implications beyond mifepristone.

A judge grants a request to handle the case as a class action. The claimants say the state stops providing incontinence supplies to Medicaid beneficiaries older than 21.

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra tells CNN “we want the courts to overturn this reckless decision” so women can continue to have “access to a drug that’s proven itself safe.” hH did not rule out defying the order.

Some abortion rights advocates have little confidence the U.S. Supreme Court will side with abortion advocates on the abortion pill issue after the court last June struck down Roe v. Wade.

State attorneys argued Jason Weida should not have to testify because he is a high-ranking official.