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5 min readLive from NPR News in Washington, Windsor Johnston opened the broadcast with a legal fight over the abortion pill mifepristone that is likely headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. On Friday, the Fifth Circuit sided with Louisiana, blocking prescriptions through telehealth appointments. Mary Ziegler, an expert in the legal history of abortion at UC Davis, described the decision as sending shockwaves through both medicine and politics. "This is the most consequential potentially in some ways ruling we've had since Dobbs from a lower court," Ziegler said. "And that's gonna require every politician to weigh in and it doesn't really leave the Trump administration the option of doing nothing anymore." The ruling means patients nationwide must now receive the medication in person, a significant shift because abortion pills by mail have become a key access point even in states with bans.
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- 1 (00:05) **Mifepristone Ruling** - The Fifth Circuit blocks telehealth prescriptions for the abortion pill, setting up a likely Supreme Court fight.
- 2 (00:54) **Spirit Airlines Shuts Down** - The budget carrier ceases all flights and goes out of business immediately.
- 3 (01:57) **Alabama Voting Rights Fight** - A special legislative session is called after a Supreme Court ruling weakens the Voting Rights Act.
- 4 (03:00) **Bard College President Retires** - Leon Botstein steps down following fallout over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
- 5 (04:07) **Mexico City Sinking** - New NASA satellite imagery shows Mexico City is sinking at a rate of more than three-quarters of an inch per month.
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- 7 "This is the most consequential potentially in some ways ruling we've had since Dobbs from a lower court. And that's gonna require every politician to weigh in and it doesn't really leave the Trump administration the option of doing nothing anymore." — Mary Ziegler on the mifepristone ruling
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