joining us live now to discuss the political impact of the case, professor radhika rao at uc law, san francisco. she specializes in constitutional law and law and the human body. so professor rao, thanks for joining us. look, there are two abortion pills in this country that are approved. the one being considered in this case is mifepristone. it blocks a hormone needed for pregnancy to continue and is often taken with misoprostol to end a pregnancy before ten weeks. it's been fda approved for use since 2000. what is the lawsuit that brought it before the high court? >> yes. so the lawsuit that brought it before the high court originated in texas, actually, with with a texas judge district court judge kazmarek, who is quite famous for issuing conservative rulings. and essentially, he argued that the fda should not have approved this drug that the drug is dangerous. there was a lawsuit brought by emergency room physicians claiming that they feared that if the drug had ill effects, they would have to treat women. now, there's a question whether that's actually even the case and whether t