After Roe was overturned, Francis Steed Sellers started looking into these stories about confusion among medical professionals. Pharmacists are asking pharmacists to make sure they know exactly what the drugs are being used for. The medications that are used to treat miscarriages are the same ones as for abortions. And also many medications have many uses and can damage fetuses.
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe has implications far beyond abortion; it complicates access to vital drugs and delays essential care for pregnant people. The president of the American Medical Association explains how the chaos is hurting health care providers and their patients.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Victoria Dominguez, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and edited by Matt Collette and Noel King, who also hosted.
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