“The small group of investors who backed the Population Council’s drive to manufacture and distribute the drug since its earliest days have made a lot of money on the mifepristone business—tens of millions of dollars, according to court filings… As states have imposed ever-stricter limits on abortion access, their investments have generated hefty returns.”

–The Abortion Pill’s Secret Money Men

Hannah Levintova is an award-winning investigative reporter at Mother Jones. She is writes stories about money and influence, income inequality, and politics. She joins us on the show to walk us through the history of Danco Labs, mifepristone’s dramatic origin story, and the people who invested in it. 

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