Mail-order abortion drug ban is part of a must-pass Republican spending bill

Published November 1, 2023 at 9:11 AM EDT

Here & Now host Scott Tong speaks with Politico health reporter Alice Miranda Ollstein about the chances that Republicans will be able to pass a ban on the mail delivery of the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone, which is currently tucked into a normally non-controversial spending bill on agriculture.

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