DOJ Asks Court To Dismiss Abortion Pill Challenge

The New York Times reports:

The Trump administration on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to sharply restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone — taking the same position as the Biden administration in a closely watched case that has major implications for abortion access.

The court filing by the Justice Department is striking, given that President Trump and a number of officials in his administration have forcefully opposed abortion rights. Mr. Trump often boasts that he appointed three of the Supreme Court justices who voted in 2022 to overturn the national right to abortion. And so far in his second term, his administration has taken steps to curtail programs that support reproductive health.

The court filing was the first time the Trump administration has weighed in on the lawsuit, which seeks to reverse numerous regulatory changes that the Food and Drug Administration made, starting in 2016, that greatly expanded access to mifepristone.

Read the full article. This is quite a shocker.

The Trump DOJ files a motion to dismiss Missouri AG Andrew Bailey’s lawsuit against the FDA, arguing Bailey never had standing to to try and block approval of the abortion pill. pic.twitter.com/iEF8WSHZOL

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