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Judge Refuses to Block Sending Abortion Pill by Mail for Now, but Says FDA Must Finish Review
The judge said Louisiana may have standing, but he paused the case while the Food and Drug Administration reviews the pill’s safety and access rules.
- On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge David Joseph refused to block the mailing of mifepristone prescriptions, denying Louisiana's immediate request to halt the practice while the legal challenge proceeds.
- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed the lawsuit arguing that mail-order prescriptions undermine the state's abortion ban, one of 13 states that bar abortion at all stages of pregnancy.
- One study found that by the end of 2024, one-fourth of abortions were accessed by telehealth—a fivefold increase in two years—making mifepristone central to post-Roe legal battles.
- Murrill is pursuing criminal cases against two doctors in California and New York for mailing pills to Louisiana, though those states have not extradited the physicians to face charges.
- Judge Joseph warned that his decision is not indefinite, ordering the Food and Drug Administration to update the court on its safety review within six months.
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US federal judge pauses Louisiana attempt to restrict abortion pill access
A federal judge on Tuesday paused Louisiana’s bid to reinstate stricter dispensing rules for the abortion pill mifepristone, staying the case while the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducts an ongoing review of the drug’s safety. Writing for the District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Judge David C. Joseph declined to block the current rules, instead pausing the case to allow the FDA to complete a safety review it had committ…
Louisiana escalates abortion pill challenge - American Press
By Noland McKendry | The Center Square Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said Wednesday the state will ask the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate the Food and Drug Administration’s 2023 mifepristone rules after a federal judge concluded Louisiana has standing to sue. Murrill’s response came after U.S. District Judge David Joseph declined, for now, to block the 2023 Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, or REMS, that removed the …
Legal Fight Over Abortion Pill Delayed
A federal judge has paused a case that Louisiana brought against the abortion pill mifepristone as the FDA reviews the drug’s safety. U.S. District Judge David Joseph wrote in an order that the “equities and the public interest weigh heavily in favor of FDA completing the job that the law requires it to do.” He explained, “Put differently, at this juncture, it is the completion of FDA’s promised good faith, evidence-based, and expeditious review…
Popular restrictions on abortion pills may come back on eve of midterms, under mixed court ruling
Trump nominee agrees to pause litigation by Louisiana against Democrats' loosened regulations for mifepristone, giving FDA six months to show real progress on safety review or else he might reinstate restrictions.
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