MSNBC Alex Wagner Tonight July 6, 2024
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...