Texas clamps down on abortion drug

A judge in Texas has moved to stop the use of a key drug, mifepristone, which is used in more than half of all abortions in the US. The US Vice President, Kamala Harris, has warned that the judge has set a dangerous precedent by interfering with the work of the country’s drug regulation agency, the FDA.

Also on the programme: A major leak of classified documents detailing American national security secrets exposes plans for a spring offensive by the Ukrainian armed forces; and army reserves are mobilised in Israel after an attack in Tel Aviv leaves seven dead.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss all this and more are Chitra Nagarajan, a writer and human rights activist specialising in Nigeria and Matthew Green, a climate journalist at DeSmog.

(IMAGE: A protester outside the Federal Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas. CREDIT: REUTERS/Annie Rice)