laboratories, yesterday. they paused the court ruling that would have restricted access to the nationwide abortion pill, mifepristone. for, now at least until next week access to mifepristone ha been preserved the matter is far from resolved and the future of abortion pills remains uncertain. the order merely maintains the status quo for a few more days to allow the justices time t consider the issue the white house, on the othe hand, is doubling down o defending reproductive rights. on tuesday, vice president kamala harris, will be in reno nevada, to discuss the importance of keeping abortion legal. mifepristone is one of the two drugs often used to induce a abortion a method that is safe, effective and popular. medication abortion now counts for more than half of al abortions performed in the united states. meanwhile, a near tota abortion ban in florida will have dire consequences for those living in the south. late thursday night, the governor s office announce that ron de
will ban abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy. way before many women even kno that they are pregnant the law won t take effect unti florida supreme court resolves a challenge to the state current 15-week abortion ban which was signed last year florida is one of the last places where people can access reproductive care in the south a region that has quickl become an abortion desert. if or when florida s six-wee ban goes into effect, abortion will be entirely banne throughout the southern united states joining me now, michelle goodwin, a professor a university of irvine law school and director of the school center for biotechnology and global health policy she s an award winning autho of the book, policing the womb invisible women and th criminalization of motherhood. michelle, thank you so much fo joining me today i have so many questions but i really want to talk first, wha does it mean that there was stag by the supreme cour justice alito? this means that for peopl