Hate Group Sues To Overturn Approval Of Abortion Pill

Politico reports:

A group of anti-abortion organizations sued HHS and the FDA on Friday in a bid to reverse the FDA’s approval of the abortion medication mifepristone.

Lawyers from the conservative Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom filed the suit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Amarillo on behalf of the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, and the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

The FDA declined to comment on the litigation. An HHS spokesperson defended the medication as safe and effective and said that “denying women access to any essential care they need is downright dangerous and extreme.”

Jezebel reports:

The group filed the suit in Amarillo, Texas, which is notable in itself. As University of Texas law professor Steve Vladeck has pointed out, suits filed there have a 95 percent chance of drawing an ultraconservative Trump-appointed judge, Matthew Kacsmaryk.

This is the same judge who recently threw out anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people seeking healthcare and who, in 2021, said the Biden administration had to resume Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suits in Amarillo against the Biden administration at least 20 times.

The Alliance Defending Freedom, repping anti-abortion groups, sues the FDA and HHS over approval of medication that terminates pregnancy https://t.co/OwRBgiUV4P

— Katherine Stewart (@kathsstewart) November 18, 2022