big day, unexpected and significant? absolutely. cassidy hutchinson has long been considered one of the most consequential witnesses for the january 6th committee due to her approximatety to trump many chief of staff mark meadows and therefore to critical events and conversations surrounding january 6. now, the committee has not released the topic of today s hearing, but the rush to get the hearing happening today shows just how important they believe this testimony could be. her testimony has rattled capitol hill. are you aware of any reporter: once a top aide to former white house chief of staff mark meadows, cassidy hutchinson is now a key witness in the house january 6 investigation. giving hours of testimony in multiple sessions. mr. gaetz and mr. brooks, and a handful of members that weren t at the december 21st meeting asked for preemptive pardons. mr. gaetz did. reporter: at times surfing a. hutchinson s accuracy proving critical. you hear those at the w
abortion pills. you can see what has happened over the last 20, 22 years. now more than half of these abortions are performed using these medications. to give you more context, in 2019, according to the contraception journals about 629,000 abortions were performed in the united states, about 340,000 of those were performed using these types of medications. it s typically two medications they re talking about. the first medication is something that blocks progesterone so a woman s uterus, inner lining of the uterus starts to break down and that effectively ends the pregnancy. a couple days later, you take a second pill, both of these are by mouth, a second pill and that causes the uterus to contract, removing the contents of the uterus. that s how the medication works. and the numbers have gone up. you can also use it up until ten