Carter Sherman
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What's the fourth?
OK, so the fourth thing is that the Trump administration has taken kind of a baby step to limiting abortion access.
And the FDA has agreed to review the safety of mifepristone.
Now, remember, mifepristone is safe.
That is not really something that is up for debate.
Nevertheless, the FDA, because it's reviewing it, could change the terms of access to mifepristone.
They could make it harder for abortion providers to mail it.
They could make it harder for abortion providers to access it.
We don't know what they're going to do and we don't know when they're going to do it.
Anti-abortion activists have actually gotten kind of mad over the FDA review because they feel like it's being slow walked.
So we will see in the coming months and years if anything ultimately comes out of the FDA.
Yes, that is the question of whether or not the FDA can do anything at all right now seems to be a big one.
I mean, ultimately, abortion is going to end up back at the Supreme Court in some form or fashion.
We don't really know how much appetite the Supreme Court justices have for this issue.
But I think it's become pretty clear since Roe fell that there are so many differences in state laws around abortions.
There's so many disagreements around what states owe each other when it comes to enforcing abortion laws that the Supreme Court is probably going to have to weigh in at some point.
The thing, though, that I'm really keeping an eye on is what is the anti-abortion movement doing?
This is a movement that is incredibly motivated, right?
If you believe that abortion is the killing of an innocent baby, that's a belief that's probably going to keep you extremely committed.
Yeah.