what happens here could have an impact in every state. including in those states that have robust abortion protections in place so we were in the courtroom yesterday for the first public hearings in this high stakes case where the plaintiffs are arguing, the plaintiffs are a group of anti-abortion medical organizations and doctors and they argue that the fda didn t adequately evaluate the safety of the drug, which is one of the two drugs used in medication abortion, which is the most common abortion method in the united states, used for more than 50% of pregnancy terminations so they re arguing that fda didn t adequately evaluate it. they also argue that the fda loosened regulations making the drug more dangerous when they allowed prescribers to prescribe the drug via telemedicine during
daniels, spoke to prosecutors in new york in a separate case. i understand you got some reaction from trump s team right this reaction comes as we are expecting both of these cases here in new york and fulton counties to be come to be a head here and the decision to go before grand juries on whether to indict the former president or not. exactly what day those votes by the grand juries were to take place is not clear but we have new reaction here from the head counsel for donald trump essentially. he s the one coordinating the lawyering efforts for donald trump in each of these various cases here around the country. and he writes in part quote woke radical das in new york and atlanta are allowing crime to run rampant while they choose to be obsessed with prosecutoring donald trump they continue to we of course these potential criminal
actually hit the propeller in a way that downed the drone. russians wanted to get our attention. boy, they did. to have our secretary of defense and milley talking to russian counterparts it s a big deal. what is the message you think russia is sending? i think as always in these situations, we fly missions very close to russia s border in this case, very close to a conflict zone. we re collecting intelligence. we stay within international air space or waters. it s often the case that the russians will come up and intercept, show that they re watching be intimidating in their own way. these incidents happen over china as well. it s rare that you have something like this. this was a collision that ended
consequential decisions when it comes to abortion since roe v. wade was overturned. wendy, speaking yesterday with dr. patel, she says doctors are feeling scared to discuss abortion with patients and each other. what are you hearing about how the outcome of this case could impact folks in texas? this is going to have an impact not just in texas, but all over the country because this would remove the most commonly performed method of abortion in the country. more than 50% of people who select an abortion use medication abortion as the means for doing so guided by doctors. in texas, of course, abortion is banned so this medication has not been legally used here. none of the health centers here are providing this medication to
the pandemic the lawyers yesterday said this case has no merit. they said they don t have standing in this case and said if they ruled in favor, it would amount to unprecedented action that would cause significant public harm. this is a drug that s been on the market for more than two decades. according to fda data, more than 5 million women have used the drug to terminate pregnancies and also used in cases of m miscarriage as well. only 28 deaths have been associated with the drug the focus of yesterday s hearing was a preliminary injunction basically asking the judge to pull the drug off of the market while the case continues in court. so that is the ruling, the decision we are waiting for. we don t know when that will come it could be in the next couple of days, in the coming weeks, but one thing that s for certain that we ve been hearing from basically all parties here, is that this case is significant and could be one of the most