Conservative appeals court to hear challenge on abortion pill access

A federal appeals court in Louisiana will hear arguments on Wednesday in a case that could determine the future availability of mifepristone, the most commonly used abortion pill in the US. A group of doctors and medical professionals who oppose abortion argue that the FDA's approval of the drug in 2000 was "arbitrary and capricious" and should be revoked. The FDA and the drug's manufacturer will try to persuade a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans not to roll back accessibility to mifepristone.