Pushback on the mifepristone decision

BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

"This is just total bull****," Connecticut's Attorney General William Tong declared in reaction to a ruling by far-right-leaning Federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District in Texas.

Tong was just one of the many public officials and advocates for women's reproductive rights who reacted intense-

Broad Street project to add rental housing and retail in Stamford's downtown

BY JUSTIN MCGOWN jmcgown@westfairinc.com

The empty space commonly known in Stamford as the “Dress Barn Lot” is between Zaza Pizza on Broad Street and a patch of lawn just south of the Broad Street Parking Garage. The space, stretching from 128 to 136 Broad Street, has stood largely empty for years despite being in a prime location in the heart of the city’s downtown.

Now, a proposal has been put before the Stamford Planning and Zoning Board (PZB) for a major development that will span several parcels and construct a 13-story mixed use building with 198 rental housing units and more than 4,000 square feet of retail space. Construction is anticipated to start before the end of the year and be completed in 2025.

ly to Kacsmaryk's ruling that reversed the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of the drug Mifeprex, a brand name for mifepristone. Mifeprex and mifepristone generics are used for chemical abortions.

It's estimated that more than half of the abortions in the U.S. are done using drugs rather than surgically. Pro-life forces have long considered ending the availability of abortion drugs to be on a par with overturning Roe v. Wade.

Kacsmaryk had been appointed to his lifetime position on the court by Donald Trump. He had been a lawyer for the conservative Christian organization the First Liberty Institute and was a member of the conservative Federalist Society. While Kacsmaryk on April 7 reversed