Judge Bryan Gantt of Collin county district court on Thursday ordered Dr Margaret Daley Carpenter of the town of New Paltz in New York state to cease prescribing and mailing the abortion pills.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Friday, Vance tried to stymie condemnation of Trump for what appeared to be premature and unilateral concessions, saying the US would be willing to impose sanctions on Russia if Moscow did not accept a satisfactory deal and that the option of sending US troops remained on the table.
Hamas is expected on Friday to name three hostages it will release this weekend under the terms of the ceasefire agreement, according to local media, while the Israeli government has signalled it will also stick the deal, after the fragile peace appeared to be close to breaking point this week.
A Texas judge has ordered a New York doctor to stop mailing abortion pills to patients in Texas and fined her more than $100,000, in a case expected to go to the supreme court.
The US vice-president, JD Vance, is to meet the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and other European leaders in Munich, after widespread criticism of Donald Trump’s statements on Ukraine.