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Did SCOTUS Just Signal an Abortion Pill Overhaul?

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The Supreme Court delays its decision on the abortion pill mifepristone, signaling a potential split between justices. And Brad visits Erie, Pennsylvania ahead of Earth Day, as scientists warn about the effects of microplastics in the nation’s fresh water. Help Start Here win a Webby Award for best episode by a News & Politics show! Vote here: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2023/podcasts/individual-episodes/news-politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's Thursday, April 20th, and nobody said they were swift justices. We start here.

0:27.3

With the Borschen pill regulations hanging in the balance, the Supreme Court buys some time.

0:34.3

Here the court is right back in the middle of it again, but this could signal an even more

0:38.4

consequential decision. We'll break down the possibilities. Meanwhile, as we wade into Earth Day,

0:43.7

Today I am going to take you on a trash tour. Fresh water wasn't supposed to include this.

0:49.5

That is Mill Creek. It's a waterway. That's a waterway. Yeah.

0:54.4

What happens when the Great Lakes get overtaken by microscopic trash?

1:00.8

From ABC News, this is Start Here. I'm Brad Milky.

1:13.5

The most contentious laws in this country usually take a long time to decide.

1:18.0

After all, to overcome partisan divides, they take months of drafting, maybe years of campaigning.

1:22.9

By the time a law takes effect and theory, the debates have all been had. That is not what is

1:27.8

happening with abortion right now. A judge's ruling can go into effect immediately and it doesn't

1:33.5

rely on consensus. The battle over the abortion bill, the Supreme Court is expected to issue a

1:39.1

ruling that could have a broad impact on the drugs availability. Which is why, as of yesterday

1:44.2

afternoon, it was very possible that we woke up this morning in a country where one of two main

1:49.4

abortion drugs was suddenly under very different nationwide rules. A judge in Texas had declared

1:54.9

that drugs should be effectively outlawed. The fifth circuit court of appeal said some, but not all

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