"Abortion rights advocates delivered a stark warning to the Biden administration’s top health official in a private meeting last week: It’s time to take seriously “fringe” threats that could wind up blocking abortion access across the country.
Driving their anxiety is a Texas lawsuit brought by conservative groups seeking to revoke the decades-old government approval of a key abortion drug."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/05/abortion-pills-texas-lawsuit/
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Abortion pills case
"The suit has been widely ridiculed by legal experts as rooted in baseless and debunked arguments. But... the case is likely to be decided entirely by conservative judges who might be eager for a chance to restrict abortion access even in Democrat-led states where the procedure has remained legal since the fall of Roe v. Wade."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/05/abortion-pills-texas-lawsuit/
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Abortion pills case
"The case was filed in Amarillo, where US District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, nominated by Trump and known for his conservative views...
An appeal would land in the right-leaning Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, ultimately presenting the Supreme Court with another major abortion case less than a year after its conservative majority retracted the constitutional right to abortion."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/05/abortion-pills-texas-lawsuit/
Abortion pills case
"The suit aims to undo the US Food & Drug Administration’s 2000 approval of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in a medication abortion...
While misoprostol is widely used on its own to perform abortions around the world, studies show it is less effective than the two-step regimen, and usually causes more cramping and bleeding."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/05/abortion-pills-texas-lawsuit/
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