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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill Sues FDA over Abortion Pills Sent by Mail
Louisiana challenges FDA's 2023 policy allowing mail-order abortion pills, citing 617 monthly abortions from out-of-state shipments that violate state law and endanger women.
- On Monday, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a federal lawsuit in Lafayette seeking to rescind the FDA's 2023 rule allowing mail-order mifepristone.
- The 2023 rule change removed in-person dispensing requirements, allowing telehealth prescribing that lets out-of-state doctors and activists mail mifepristone into Louisiana, the complaint says.
- From April to June 2024, mail-order pills averaged 617 abortions per month in Louisiana, and mifepristone accounts for over half of the nation’s more than 1 million annual abortions.
- The complaint asks the court to reinstate the prior Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy and in-person rules, while Louisiana faces extradition refusals and criminal penalties of up to five years and a $5,000 fine.
- Louisiana alleges the FDA acted for political reasons in post-Dobbs efforts to ship pills into pro-life states, citing parallel Comstock Act litigation and 51 U.S. Senators' calls for review.
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Louisiana sues Food & Drug Administration to stop mailing of abortion medication
Demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court as justices heard arguments in a case about abortion medication in March 2024. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a lawsuit this week that calls on the federal government to strike down rules that allow the distribution of abortion drugs without an in-person doctor’s visit. It’s her latest attempt to place restrictions on out-of-state shipments of mife…
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill sues FDA over abortion pills sent by mail
The state of Louisiana has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision to let abortion pills be sent through the mail, saying the change violates state law and puts women at risk.
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