US EditionLouisiana AG Disputes FDA Rules on Abortion Pill Regulation
- On Tuesday, Louisiana will press a federal judge to block mailed abortion pills in a lawsuit challenging the 2023 FDA rule allowing mifepristone via telemedicine, citing plaintiff Rosalie Markezich's coercion claim.
- Arguing legal overreach, plaintiffs invoke the Comstock Act and political intent, with Liz Murrill, Louisiana Attorney General, claiming the 2023 rule change exceeded federal authority and Students for Life of America backing the state.
- Nearly 30% of recent abortions occurred via telehealth, with about 15,000 monthly by physicians shielded by state laws and hundreds of mailed packages to Louisiana patients.
- The Justice Department has asked the court to halt the case while the Food and Drug Administration completes its review, warning a preliminary injunction could disrupt the FDA's evaluation and spark widespread lawsuits.
- Nearly a dozen lawsuits over abortion pills, including cases from Missouri, Idaho, Kansas, Texas, and Florida, could move through higher courts and reshape access nationwide, with manufacturers intervening and many amici filing.
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Louisiana Fights in Court to Stop Mail-Order Abortions
Louisiana pressed a federal judge Tuesday to block a Biden-era Food and Drug Administration rule that eliminated the in-person dispensing requirement for the dangerous abortion drug mifepristone that has killed millions of babies and injured thousands of women. Louisiana is arguing the change enables illegal chemical abortions in the state, endangers women through unsupervised use and coercion, and directly undermines Louisiana’s ban on abortion…
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Arguments heard in Louisiana v FDA over mail-in abortion drugs
(The Center Square) - A federal judge in Louisiana heard arguments on Tuesday challenging a mail-order abortion drug rule, finalized in 2023 by President Joe Biden’s Food and Drug Administration.
21 AGs, 60 lawmakers support Louisiana’s abortion drug suit - American Press
By Chris Dickson | The Center Square Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is thanking her fellow Republican attorneys general and 60 U.S. lawmakers for filing amicus briefs in support of her lawsuit against the FDA to vacate a Biden-era rule that removed a longstanding in-person dispensing requirement for the chemical abortion drug mifepristone. The lawsuit was filed in December in U.S. District Court of the Western District of Louisiana. Nebr…
Louisiana Challenges Biden-Era Policy That Expanded Mail-Order Abortion Pills - Real News Now
A federal hearing in Louisiana could determine whether abortion pills may continue to be shipped nationwide without an in-person doctor visit, a policy implemented under President Biden’s Food and Drug Administration that pro-life advocates argue has undercut state abortion restrictions. Magistrate Judge David Ayo is set to hear arguments from the state of Louisiana, which is challenging FDA regulations that removed the longstanding in-person di…
LA AG Liz Murrill sues FDA over mail-order access to abortion pills
KATC's Anna Fischer was in Federal Court this morning following Louisiana's Attorney General Liz Murrill's trip to the Hub City, where she argued before a Lafayette Judge to restrict mail-order access to abortion pills in the state.The case challenges the FDA's authorization of the drugs by mail.Watch tonight at 6 pm for more on this story.AG Murrill posted the following press conference outside the courthouse.
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