Where does access to the abortion pill currently stand?
Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022. Allen G. Breed/AP
After a series of judicial rulings regarding Mifepristone, a drug used in the majority of medication abortions in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and clarify the state of the drug's availability. This past Friday, the Supreme Court allowed the drug to remain widely available. Advocates for a woman’s right to choose called it a small win, but many say we’re not out of the woods just yet.
To unpack the rulings and where the approvals of Mifepristone currently stand, The 21st was joined by two journalists that have been following the story and the author of When Abortion was a Crime.
GUESTS:
Leslie Jean Reagan
Professor of History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Author, When Abortion was a Crime
Angie Leventis Lourgos
Staff Writer, Chicago Tribune
Kristen Schorsch
Health and County Government Reporter, WBEZ
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