Concerns that Texas abortion ruling will upend FDA authority are 'alarmist': Sen. Cassidy
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Sunday dismissed concerns that the Texas judge’s recent abortion pill ruling will upend the Food and Drug Administration’s authority and have wider consequences on other drugs.
In an exclusive interview on “Meet the Press,” NBC News' Chuck Todd said that U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's ruling to suspended the FDA’s longtime approval of key abortion pill mifepristone appears to call into questions FDA approvals on other drugs.
“Do you worry about the upending a status quo and sort of upending the FDA’s authority in a way that will be— create sort of chaos in the pharmaceutical industry?” Todd asked.
Cassidy replied: "I think that’s totally alarmist. It’s totally alarmist. And by the way, when did the FDA think they could go above the law?"
"It can ignore it — it can ignore the Administrative Procedure Act, which every other agency has to follow theoretically, but they don’t have to? So, so I mean, I think that’s alarmist and I also think that the FDA should not be above the law," Cassidy added.
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