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Abortion pills \u2014 a combo of two drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol \u2014 are on notice: on April 7, 2023, a federal judge said the FDA\u2019s approval of mifepristone was invalid. And then, not more than an hour later, another federal judge in a separate case said that mifepristone had to stay on the market in certain states. With these two contradictory rulings, mifepristone \u2014 and medical abortion, in general \u2014 is in the crosshairs. So, today, we want to rewind to an episode we made last year. It looks at these two drugs over the last 40 years, from their origin stories and development, to how their administration from doctors to patients keeps evolving. This story, for us, started\u2026\nSpecial thanks to Mariana Prandini Assis and Pam Belluck.\nEPISODE CREDITS\xa0\nReported by - Molly Webster, Avir Mitra Produced by Sarah Qariwith mixing help from - Arianne WackFact-checking by - Diane Kellyand Edited by\xa0 - Becca BresslerCITATIONS:\nArticles:\nFrom one of our sources, Abigail Aiken: \u201cSafety and effectiveness of self-managed medication abortion provided using online telemedicine in the United States: A population based study\u201d (https://zpr.io/kG3hNFXM4kb9)\nOur newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)!\nRadiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today.\nFollow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org\n\nLeadership support for Radiolab\u2019s science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.