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continue to see pushback in th streets. rachel, we thank you fo joining us on this, as always. want to continue thi conversation with dr. pate former senior policy directo to president obama and edmundson d.c. medical contributor. thank you for joining us i think from a physician standpoint, a scientific standpoint, looking at thi decision, obviously at the effects of taking mifepristone off the mark, about have o special disenfranchise community of women, black an brown women, that are seekin abortions across this country. also, kind of the fda approval process, right the fact the judge is weighing in on a drug that was approved by the fda, 23 years ago, with a 99% safety rating, right talk us through that approva process and your worries whe it comes to this yeah, it s not just the approval process, really ove the past few decades, there been an incredibly strict risk mitigation strategy in effec
handgun much more localized injury. from a physician standpoint, a military officer s standpoint i can tell you right now that causes damage and is far more lethal come frommiing from an a rifle. how effective would, say, banning assault-style weapons, red flag laws, and other means of trying background checks to control access to weapons, how effective do you believe they really are compared to what s been done in other nations? does it really work? it s a great question. i think people feel differently about this issue. some say the evidence is already out there and we should follow and have the humility here in the united states to follow best practices overseas. what i can tell you is there is enough evidence out there to justify the utilization and broad passage of red flag laws. so if somebody is deemed to be a harm to themselves or others, let s remove an assault rifle or any other type of firearm that