Federal Judge Says Certain Abortion Drug Restrictions Are Unlawful
The ruling adds to a growing legal split over the abortion pill, as courts weigh whether the FDA adequately justified the 2023 rules.
- District Court Judge Robert Ballou ruled Thursday that the FDA failed to justify 2023 restrictions on mifepristone, declaring the modification "unlawful" and requiring formal agency review.
- Providers in Kansas, Montana, and Virginia filed the 2023 lawsuit challenging the regulations as excessive and unwarranted, with a similar decision in Hawaii also finding the restrictions arbitrary.
- Amy Hagstrom Miller, CEO of Whole Woman's Health Alliance, stated eliminating restrictions would reduce "excessive paperwork," noting she has worked in abortion care for over 30 years.
- Katie Keith, founding director of the Center for Health Policy and the Law at Georgetown University Law Center, said the FDA must now reconsider restrictions after two courts independently ordered the agency.
- Cases pending in Missouri, Texas, and Louisiana seek to further restrict or entirely revoke the medication's approval, creating conflicting legal goals that add complexity to national abortion access.
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Federal judge in Virginia says certain abortion drug restrictions are unlawful
A federal judge in Virginia ruled Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not sufficiently justify restrictions imposed in 2023 on a drug used to terminate early pregnancies.
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Judge: Abortion drug requirement unlawful
A federal judge in Virginia ruled it was illegal for Democratic former President Joe Biden's administration to require doctors and pharmacies to be specially certified to prescribe the abortion drug mifepristone.
Washington, United States. A U.S. federal court in Virginia ruled that restrictions on an abortion pill imposed by Donald Trump’s government are “illegal” and should be reconsidered. The case was filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights, a non-profit organization, in relation to the distribution of the drug mifepristone. The organization filed the appeal on behalf of abortion service providers in Virginia, Kansas, and Montana. The substantive…
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