Ruling on Abortion Medication, Recovery in Maui, Elections in Guatemala

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🗓️ 17 August 2023

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Mifepristone remains accessible, for now, after an appeals court ruling Wednesday. Recovery from Maui's wildfires continues. Elections in Guatemala have broad implications for corruption and crime.

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0:00.0	A new ruling sets up a legal showdown over abortion pills.
0:06.7	A federal appeals court decision would restrict access to the common drug, if a pristone.
0:11.4	What happens if the case makes it to the Supreme Court?
0:13.6	I'm Layla Faldon, that's Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.6	In Maui, residents say they're filling in the gaps left by a sluggish federal response
0:26.4	to the deadly wildfires.
0:28.4	It's difficult because these are our people we're trying to take care of.
0:31.6	And rescue teams are still combing the area for human remains.
0:35.6	Elections are set for this weekend in Guatemala.
0:37.6	A few years ago, the country was battling corruption, but that battle has stalled.
0:41.6	Well, voters decide to pick up the fight again.
0:44.0	Stay with us.
0:45.0	We've got the news you need to start your day.
0:55.1	A federal appeals court issued a ruling on the abortion medication Miffa Pristone yesterday.
1:22.5	The FDA approved Miffa Pristone 23 years ago, and today it's widely used, medication
1:27.6	abortions account for about half of all abortions in the U.S.
1:31.6	And for now, Miffa Pristone is still available, any place abortion is legal.
1:36.5	But Wednesday's ruling sets the stage for the Supreme Court to weigh in on that.
1:40.7	And Pyrrassilina Simmons-Duffin is covering this story, and she's with us now to tell
1:44.2	us more.
1:45.2	Good morning, Michelle.
1:46.2	So, tell us what this ruling does broadly.
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