What does the legal battle over abortion pill mifepristone mean for Illinois?
Some Illinois lawmakers and service providers are getting ahead of the curve and creating plans to guarantee access to the key abortion drug.
Mifepristone is used in more than half of all abortions in the U.S. But access to the common abortion medication is now in jeopardy, after a federal judge in Texas ruled the Food and Drug Administration improperly approved mifepristone more than 20 years ago.
Reset digs into the legal battle over the abortion pill and discusses plans Illinois lawmakers and service providers have to protect access to the drug in the state.
GUESTS: Lee Hasselbacher, director of the University of Chicago’s Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health
Illinois State Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago)
Jennifer Welch, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Illinois
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What does the legal battle over abortion pill mifepristone mean for Illinois?
Some Illinois lawmakers and service providers are getting ahead of the curve and creating plans to guarantee access to the key abortion drug.
Mifepristone is used in more than half of all abortions in the U.S. But access to the common abortion medication is now in jeopardy, after a federal judge in Texas ruled the Food and Drug Administration improperly approved mifepristone more than 20 years ago.
Reset digs into the legal battle over the abortion pill and discusses plans Illinois lawmakers and service providers have to protect access to the drug in the state.
GUESTS: Lee Hasselbacher, director of the University of Chicago’s Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health
Illinois State Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago)
Jennifer Welch, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Illinois