Several media organizations asked a federal judge to publicly announce his plans to hold a hearing in a blockbuster medication abortion case after the judge reportedly moved to keep the hearing under wraps.
The federal judge overseeing a challenge to the federal government’s approval of a medication abortion drug announced Monday that there will be a hearing Wednesday in the case – an announcement that comes after reports the judge had privately sought to delay announcement of the hearing. The hearing will be at 9 a.m. CT on Wednesday, according to the new order from US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk.
The new order scheduling Wednesday’s hearing noted that on Friday, Kacsmaryk held a status conference with the lawyers for the party in the case. The status conference was not publicized on the docket on Friday, but a notice for it was added to the docket on Monday with the scheduling order for the Wednesday hearing.
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