high court speaks for now. the abortion drug mifepristone remains on the market after th supreme court blocked a ruling to toss aside its long-standin fda approval what now plus, trump back on trial. the civil rape case brought by journalists were e. jean carroll about to begin our legal experts will tal about what trump will say an if that matter, show up. also the right wing guns and radicalization, there is a intersection between them. is this a factor in the rash o shootings across the country from the board room to broadway, our conversation with the firs latina actress to front a play by the legend, andrew lloy weber. this is american voices. we begin this hour with th first major test for abortio rights in front of the supreme court since the conservative majority overturned roe last summer on friday, the court temporarily blocked a decision by u.s. district judge matthew kacsmaryk, which throughout th fda longtime approval of mifepristone the drug, which is also
our legal experts will tal about what trump will say an if that matter, show up. also - is a factor and the rush o shootings across the country from the board room to broadway, our conversation with the firs latina actress to front a play by the legend, and you would weber. this is american voices. we begin this hour with th first major test for abortio rights in front of the supreme court says the conservativ majority overturned roe last summer on friday, the court temporarily blocked a decision by u.s. district judge matthew kacsmaryk, which throughout th fda longtime approval of mifepristone the drug, which is also used t treat miscarriages was mad widely available in states where abortion access is legal as all this plays out in court since the dobbs decision las june, anti-abortion rights movement has set its sights on expanding abortion restriction across the country despite the policies being deeply unpopular the kaiser foundation foun that 65% of american disapproved
one of the stays that he criticized was one drafted b justice barrett. he is now fighting within hi own side the fact that we did not hea from justices barrett an kavanaugh here, we don t kno how they voted we don t know who the five are we just know that thomas and alito or on the other side they wouldn t have granted the stay that makes me scratch my hea about what the other folks are thinking too i want to ask you i addition to this case, conservatives plotting new way to limit access to abortio medication politico reporting that th antiabortion group, students for life, on wednesday launche the next phase of the campaign to use the patience of our mental laws to restrict th ability to terminate a pregnancy. in a citizen petition to the fda, the group asked tha access to the widely use abortion drug mifepristone b prohibited until the agenc studies whether trace amount of the pill and wastewater pos any risk to endangered o threatened species o designated critical habitats it goes
to limit access to abortio medication politico reporting that th antiabortion groups did it for life on wednesday launched the next phase of the campaign t use the patience of our mental laws to restrict the ability t terminate a pregnancy. in a citizen position to the fda, the group asked tha access to the widely use abortion drug mifepristone b prohibited until the agenc studies whether trace amount of the pill and wastewater pos any risk to endangered o threatened species o designated critical habitats it goes back to what i was reading in the introduction, they have become emboldened. they are looking for new legal ways to chip away access they are not backing down. in some respects, they ve already done that. we are all accepting tha mister president will only b available in states wher abortion is legal, and tha congress would have to act but here, congress has already acted. the food and drug cosmetic act allows the fda to make decisions about safety and efficacy we have accep