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The expert guests are in culture, law, ethics, philosophy, theology,

and apologetics. Expert guests? Expansive topics. Always extolling Christ. Issues, etc. From the Journal for the American Medical Association Internal Medicine, medical journal

published online and elsewhere, a call for the over-the-counter sale of abortion pills. It says a

growing body of evidence indicates that Mithopristone and Mithoprostol meet the FDA's criteria

for over-the-counter sales. The medications are not addictive, and the user determines on their own

whether they have the condition

needing treatment. The condition, of course, is pregnancy, and the result of that drug is an

abortion, a chemical abortion. Welcome back to Issues, Etcetera. I'm Todd Wilkin, joining us to talk

about the Journal of the American Medical Association's call for

over-the-counter abortion pills, Wesley Smith, he's senior fellow at the Discovery Institute's

Center on Human Exceptionalternals. He's author of several books, including Culture of Death,

The Age of Do Harm Medicine, and a recent column for National Review Online titled

JAMA article pushes for over-the-counter abortion pills.

Wesley, welcome back.

Hey, Todd, how are you?

How did the American Medical Association

and then kind of its publishing arm, JAMA,

how did they apparently become completely politicized? Well, this is something that's been happening throughout the medical establishment

for quite a while now.

You know, the progressive left has basically captured most of the institutions.

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