Future Of Mifepristone And Abortion Access In Illinois
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons
English - April 13, 2023 11:05 - 30 minutes - 28 MB - ★★★★★ - 67 ratingsDaily News News Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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U.S. district court judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled a ban on the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of medical abortion pill mifepristone. Since then, the Biden administration has urged the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to keep the drug available to Americans as litigation continues. Reset breaks down what’s happening nationwide and locally with Lee Hasselbacher, director of the University of Chicago’s Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Illinois Democratic Representative Kelly Cassidy of Chicago, and Jennifer Welch, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Illinois
Producer: Micah Yason, Michael Liptrot
Editor: Andrew Meriwether, Meha Ahmad