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Today, Explained

Abortion pills

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

It’s safe and easy to end a pregnancy during the first trimester using a pair of FDA-approved pills. Accessing them is the latest abortion battleground. Vox's Rachel Cohen explains. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today is a, it's not hyperbole, it suggests a very solid moment.

0:09.5

Just a few hours after the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade,

0:14.7

President Biden addressed the nation.

0:18.7

You wanted to talk about pills?

0:20.7

Some states are saying that they'll try to ban or severely restrict access to these

0:25.3

medications.

0:26.3

You wanted to make sure people knew he would fight for access to abortion pills.

0:31.9

But extremist governors in state legislators are looking to block the mail.

0:36.5

We're searching for persons medicine cabinet.

0:38.6

We're controlling the woman's actions by tracking data on her apps.

0:42.5

She uses our wrong and extreme and out of touch with majority of Americans.

0:50.0

Wade on today explained abortion pills, how they work, how to get them, and the battle over

0:55.3

access.

1:04.5

Rachel Cohen, senior policy reporter at Voxes Supreme Court overturned Roe on Friday.

1:09.7

That means millions of people in America no longer have access to a clinic that can provide

1:15.7

a safe legal abortion.

1:18.5

But are those people's options, other than, say, getting on a plane, getting into car,

1:25.2

and driving to a state that will provide an abortion?

1:28.4

So the biggest alternative option for people who no longer have in-person clinic care,

1:36.4

and to be clear, there are still clinics open, but more states are moving to ban abortion

1:42.2

entirely now that Roe's overturned.

1:44.5

The big sort of alternative option is what's known as medication abortion.

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