Podcast tells mifepristone’s surprising history

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

New podcast series uncovers the wild story behind mifepristone coming to the U.S.

Coming out in July, “Cover Up: The Pill Plot” documents the epic struggle to bring the abortion pill to America.

FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone line a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. The Supreme Court’s ruling allowing states to regulate abortion has set off a mad travel scramble across the country to direct patients to states that still allow the procedure. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Allen G. Breed

By Sasha-Ann Simons Andrew Meriwether

Mifepristone has recently been in the headlines after conflicting court rulings about the abortion drug's FDA approval more than 20 years ago. But even before that, the drug had been the subject of controversy.

Reset learns about a new investigative podcast series that explores the shocking story of how mifepristone became legal in the U.S., and discusses why this history has yet to be told and what it tells us about the current legal battle.

GUEST: TJ Raphael, creator and host of the podcast Cover Up: The Pill Plot