# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq3vi6LOG2n
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18810638-thekansascitystar-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-04-10T21:37:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

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Kansas abortion providers have no plans to stop offering medication abortions, even though a federal judge in Texas ruled that a key abortion drug should be pulled from the marketplace nationwide.

Judge Matthew Kacsymaryk issued his ruling Friday, which, if it is allowed to go into effect, would end the use of mifepristone in medication abortions in the U.S. His ruling would invalidate the Food and Drug Administration’s 23-year-old approval of the pill, which, paired with a second medication, accounted for nearly 70% of Kansas abortions in 2021.

But the judge delayed implementation of his ruling for seven days.

The Department of Justice filed an appeal earlier today in the 5th District Court of Appeals. If the appeals court does not act quickly or pause the implementation of Kacsymaryk’s order, the Justice Department could elevate the issue to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The earliest the ruling could take effect is Saturday, though the appeals process could delay or prevent that. Officials at Planned Parenthood Great Plains and Trust Women Foundation said Kansas clinics would pivot to providing medication abortions using only misoprostol — which is typically the second pill taken in a medication abortion.

Read about how this could affect Kansans at the link in our bio. 

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