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named matthew as merrick, could rule on a case that seeks to upend access to a key component of medication abortion nationwide. that is a drug called -- the fda approved for use in september of 2000, and since then, it has been used safely by about 5 million people in the united states alone. typically, in tandem with another truck called -- now, works mifepristone by blocking the production of a hormone that's needed for pregnancy. and then it begins a miscarriage, and the two drugs when used together, they're about 99.6% effective at terminating a pregnancy or completing a miscarri...

those drugs could be on the chopping block, courtesy of a texas court, where a trump appointed u.s. district judge, named matthew kacsmaryk, could rule on a case that seeks to upend access to a key component of medication abortion nationwide. that component is a drug called mifepristone. the fda approved it for use in september of 2000, and since then, it has been used safely by about 5 million people in the united states alone. typically, in tandem with another drug called misoprostol. now, mifepristone works by blocking the production of a hormone that's needed for pregnancy. misop...

So, we worry that that will impact people who are self managing their abortions, and we know that the risk in our criminal justice system of criminalization falls heaviest on people with color, youths, low income folks, and others. we want to get the word out that nobody should be criminalized for managing their own health care. but at the same time, we do know that these alternate networks are available to people. and if people choose to use them, we want them to know the risks. >> yes. melissa, it just seems, for a lack of a better metaphor, the dog that got the card, if you talk about this ...

The courts. so, why do it? and what can ordinary citizens and the white house, and the justice department, and even the fda do, when this ruling is out? i have just the folks to ask. joining us now, melissa murray, law professor at new york university, and co-host of the strict scrutiny podcast. also with us, alicia wells, cofounder and co-director of the nonprofit group, plan c. melissa, let me just start with you, in terms of what you think the biden administration can and should do. isn't all the time to declare a state of emergency on abortion? is now the time for them to order the fda to ...

Across the country that would then perhaps the fda's until the supreme court weighs in here. so the real strategy is delay at this point, to keep access flowing for as long as possible, to as many people as possible, while this fight continues to turn. >> can i ask you, melissa, i write one sort of legal analysis of office. it suggested that the fda doesn't have to do -- the fda can sort of operate the way a traffic cop operates, which is someone is doing 60 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour speeds, owned the police don't always enforce that. if the fda believes in its vetting of this, in t...