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- Tony Gonzales said women face "other issues" than abortion when asked about the fate of mifepristone.
- Gonzales argued that the Biden administration was stepping on states' rights by appealing the mifepristone ruling.
- A federal judge in Texas ordered a hold on the drug's decades-old federal approval on Friday.
A Republican congressman from Texas dodged questions about a federal judge's ruling on the drug mifepristone on Sunday, arguing that "women have a whole lot of other issues than just abortion."
Rep. Tony Gonzales made the remark on CNN's "State of the Union" while discussing mifepristone, the drug commonly used in abortions and miscarriages that has found itself at the center of a heated legal debate.