The accessibility of the key abortion medication mifepristone hangs in the balance after a federal judge in Texas ruled earlier this month to suspend the Food &amp; Drug Administration’s approval of the drug. On this week's 51%, we discuss the future of the case and learn how mifepristone works. 





Guests: Carmel Shachar, executive director of the <a href="https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/about/overview">Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics</a> at Harvard Law School; Dr. Wendy Parker, director of <a href="https://www.acphs.edu/collaboratory">The Collaboratory</a> at the <a href="https://www.acphs.edu/">Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences</a>; Jackie Dwyer, pharmacist at The Collaboratory



51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio in Albany, New York. Our host is Jesse King, our associate producer is Jody Cowan, our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is “Lolita” by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue.

#1762: The Battle for Mifepristone, Part Two | 51%

Whether it's the environment, health, our children, politics or the arts, there's a women's perspective, and 51% is a show dedicated to that viewpoint. 

Host Jesse King talks to experts in their field for a wide-ranging, entertaining discussion of issues that not only fall into the traditional 'women's issues' category, but topics that concern us all as human beings and citizens of the global community.