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out of the supreme court breaking news about this, this drug it is called mifepristone. it is a pale about the size of an aspirin and it is the first of two pills used in the most commo form of abortion here in the united states. it's medication abortion it is safe it is effective. and it is significantly less invasive than a surgical abortion and if you have been following the news, you would know tha, am -appointed federal judge i texas ruled that despite thi drug being used safely for 2 years now, the fda was wrong t approve the drug and his ruling had the potential to take the dr...

supreme court was pretty clear it means this will not happen, at least not yet the supreme court issued wha is known as a stay, meanin they are effectively blockin that texas judges decision while this case is appeale through our court system maybe even all the way back to the supreme court down the roa -- now, the lower court battle is complicated and we the, and ma lead to some chaos down th line for mifepristone access and we are going to talk t experts about that in just a moment but for now, for tonight, this drug is still widely available so, on a practical level, that is where...

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...

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