Abortion Access Could Be Limited Further By Mifepristone Case

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🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Was the FDA wrong to approve a drug that's used in nearly all medication abortions in the U.S. — and should the drug, mifepristone, be taken off the market? Those questions were argued in court Wednesday, in a case heard by federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, in Amarillo, Texas.

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0:00.0	Hello MP or politics podcast listeners. This is Scott.
0:03.0	And this is Katie.
0:04.2	And we're on our way to referee a soccer tournament this weekend where we will do 12 games together as a father-daughter referee team.
0:10.8	Whoa.
0:11.1	This podcast was recorded at 107 pm on Thursday, the 16th of March.
0:18.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:20.7	But one of us will still be taking ibuprofen and trying to stretch out our sore muscles.
0:25.2	Okay. Here's the show.
0:30.9	That's a lot of running.
0:32.3	Yeah, that is just a lot of soccer, youth soccer.
0:36.4	I wonder if there could be like a parent brawl on the sidelines.
0:40.5	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House.
0:44.5	Susan Davis, I cover politics.
0:46.2	This week, a federal judge in Amarillo, Texas heard arguments in a lawsuit against the FDA
0:52.7	over their decision more than 20 years ago to approve the widely used abortion pill Mifapristone.
1:00.0	Friend of the podcast Sarah McCammon is here with us from Amarillo. Hey, Sarah.
1:05.2	Hey, Tam.
1:05.9	You cover abortion politics here at NPR.
1:09.5	You are also one of the very few reporters there in the courtroom.
1:14.8	But before we get to the case itself, can we talk a bit about Mifapristone?
1:20.0	What is it how widely is this medication used?
1:23.4	Well, as of a couple of years ago, more than half of abortions that take place in the US
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