Is there legal precedent for restricting what residents of one state do in another state regarding their own person? This question is something that a lot of legal scholars were really worried and concerned about when Dobbs was sort of being decided. Four states and the District of Columbia offer full protection without state interference throughout a woman's entire pregnancy. And additional 12 states permit abortion prior to viability or when necessary to protect the life or health of the pregnant woman.
A federal judge in Texas invalidated the FDA’s decades-old approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. Vox’s Anna North explains the battle over a drug that’s been legal since 2000.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matthew Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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