constitutional right t abortion was eliminated in thi country nearly a year ago. a federal judge in texas las night issued a sweeping ruling to reverse the food and s 23 year old approval of a key abortion drug, the rulin orders the fda to hold thi medication from pharmacy shelves in every state regardless of whether or not abortion is legal in tha state. u.s. district judge matthew ha put a seven-day hold on hi willing to give the government the opportunity to repeal it the justice department did fil a notice of appeal last night. let me tell you what is at stake here the drug in question is one of a standard two drug regiment commonly prescribed by doctors for medication abortion across the country. medication abortions account for more than half of al abortions in the united states according to the good doctor institute. and this was approved by the fda in 2000 is one the mos heavily studied and scrutinize drugs on the market. studies show that it is safe than penicillin,
or another, this issue is very likely headed to the supreme court. it is far from clear what will happen once it gets there. for more on this, i m joined b michelle, a professor at the university of california she s a director of the school for biotechnology in globa health policies. she s also an award winnin author of multiple books including policing the womb, invisible women and th criminalization of motherhood. also with us is our friend, former litigator and legal analyst, someone who i passionate, my persona educator on the law, thanks to both of you for being here thi morning. lisa, let s just start with yo because you and i ve bee talking about this often for a couple of weeks, the departmen of justice has filed an appeal kaz merrick expect that to happen, they feel is going t go to the fifth circuit cour of appeals and then what happens? tell me what likely happens in the next few days. the next few days, i expect the department justice will as