Red Pilled: The Right-Wing War on Abortion Rights Rages On

Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where this week your hosts examine the fallout following a U.S. District Court decision in Texas suspending FDA approval of abortion drug mifepristone. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s decision is the latest in a recent series of attempts by conservative legislators and heads of court to not simply restrict but to eradicate any and all abortion rights afforded American women. Mifepristone, used to bring about abortion and manage early miscarriage, has since the year 2000 stood up to rigorous vetting by the Food and Drug Administration. Its suspension of approval has drawn massive rebuke from not just abortion rights groups, but the scientific and medical communities at large. Join us this week as the Collective examines how it is we got to this point, the expected response of the Supreme Court, and just how significant the consequences of federal court appointments really are. But first, some somewhat lighter listening with a three-ball of rants headed directly for the corner pocket: where Ed details the thunderous whimper emanating from Dallas following the pitiful conclusion to a Mavs’ season where both their present and future combusted following the acquisition of Kyrie Irving; Andrew observes the 25th anniversary of a famed Spike Lee joint that carried a fair bit of prescience with regard to the future of collegiate sports and recruiting, and Zak foreshadows some of this week’s main discussion with a look at the potentially irrevocable damage being done to the Biden agenda surrounding Dianne Feinstein’s continued (lack of) presence on the Senate Judiciary Committee.