Federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk wanted to minimize protests and threats in connection with the closely-watched case, people familiar with the plan said.
A Texas judge favored by anti-abortion activists will hear arguments Wednesday in an unprecedented challenge to the legality of a widely-used abortion pill.
Kacsmaryk’s delay in handing down his his widely-expected decision to nix FDA approval of mifepristone already raised eyebrows. Then clues started piling up.
A federal judge in Texas who is presiding over a lawsuit seeking to reverse the Food and Drug Administration's approval of a major abortion medication has taken unusual lengths to keep the first hearing in the case under wraps.
A lawyer for the media organizations said in a letter to the Trump appointee earlier Monday that any secrecy around the public aspects of the hearing was unconstitutional.
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