Yet another abortion court case in Texas could have far-reaching implications for women in California.

Less than a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a federal court in Texas could take away the most common form of abortion, the "medication abortion” that uses a combination of two prescription pills.

Those pills are mifepristone and misoprostol. When taken in concert, they essentially trigger a miscarriage, ending pregnancies up to 10 weeks or so. That’s how more than half the abortions in America are done now — not by a procedure performed by a doctor. But an anti-abortion group is asking a conservative Texas judge to overturn the FDA approval of mifepristone, arguing that it overstepped its authority when it gave the drug the green light more than 20 years ago. California’s Attorney General is among those arguing that doctors should still be allowed to prescribe it, and in fact the Biden administration has been widening access to the medication.

For more, KCBS Radio political analyst Doug Sovern as well as KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart spoke with Dr. Ushma Upadhyay, a professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at UCSF and co-director of the UC Global Health Institute’s ANSIRH, which stands for Advancing New Standards In Reproductive Health.