Saturday, February 25, 2023

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🗓️ 25 February 2023

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Summary

The fate of an abortion medication is at stake. A dozen U.S. attorneys general from Democratic-led states sued the FDA Friday to expand access to the abortion pill. Challengers want to see it off shelves. In Nigeria, voters head to the polls to elect a president amid concerns over the economy and youth employment. And Ukraine enters a second year of war uncertain of what will happen next.

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0:00.0	It doesn't U.S. attorneys general have sued the FDA to expand access to an abortion
0:07.8	medication.
0:08.8	It accuses the Food and Drug Administration of targeting the drug with a unique set of
0:13.3	restrictions.
0:14.3	I made a paltar.
0:15.3	And I'm Scott Simon and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.0	The Federal lawsuit asked that an abortion drug be declared as safe and for the court to
0:26.1	knock back additional regulations on it.
0:28.8	And we'll have the latest from Nigeria where voters head to the polls today to elect
0:32.5	the country's next president.
0:34.5	I youth unemployment, inflation and security are among the top concerns with voters there.
0:40.4	Plus is Ukraine prepared for a second year of war with Russia.
0:44.4	Stay with us.
0:45.4	We've got the news you need to start your weekend.
0:54.7	The coalition of democratic state attorneys general has filed a lawsuit that could set
0:59.1	up a conflict between federal judges over regulation of a common abortion pill.
1:03.7	The lawsuit accuses the FDA of layering on restrictions that generally apply to high
1:08.8	risk prescription drugs.
1:11.0	And Pierre Saramacaman joins us.
1:12.6	Thanks so much Sarah.
1:13.6	Hi Scott.
1:14.6	And help us understand the premise of this legal conflict.
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