Mifepristone tablets in a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, Iowa, on 18 July 2024. harlie Neibergall/APMifepristone tablets in a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, Iowa, on 18 July 2024. harlie Neibergall/APTexas and Florida sue FDA in latest effort to restrict abortion pill accessStates’ attorneys general argue agency failed to thoroughly evaluate mifepristone’s safety since initial 2000 approvalTexas and Florida have launched the latest lawsuit seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone, following the US Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of a new generic version. In the lawsuit, filed late on Tuesday in Wichita Falls, Texas, federal court, the states’ Republican attorneys general argue that the FDA has failed to thoroughly evaluate the drug’s safety and effectiveness since its initial approval in 2000 and disregarded the risks to the women who take it.“These are tragic but predictable consequences of prioritizing politics over public health,” the states said in the complaint. New Texas law allows residents to sue those suspected of providing access to abortion pillsRead moreMore than 100 studies, conducted across more than three decades and dozens of countries, have concluded that mifepristone is a safe and effective tool to end a pregnancy. The FDA’s 30 September approval of Evita Solutions’ generic version of mifepristone by an agency now overseen by Republican president Donald Trump’s administration has fueled outrage among conservatives.
