In Washington state, U.S. District Judge Thomas Rice has rebuffed Wednesday’s appeals court ruling that temporarily restored access to the abortion medication mifepristone across the U.S., but with restrictions. Judge Rice said the drug is to remain available, restriction-free, to 17 states and the District of Columbia, following his ruling last Friday ordering the FDA not to roll back access to mifepristone. The Justice Department also said it is asking the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency order to halt Wednesday’s restrictions on mifepristone. Protests to save abortion access are planned across the nation over the weekend. We’ll have the latest on the state of reproductive rights in the U.S. after headlines with The Nation correspondent Amy Littlefield.