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to deregulate the abortion pill mifepristone and the agency’s 2016 decision to relax regulations that had been in place since 2000.
“We are moving forward undeterred for the safety of women across the country,” Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey told theThe latest court filing seeks to roll back federal rules that have made it easier to obtain mifepristone, including the removal of in-person screening requirements before a physician could dispense the medication.
But the three states contend that not only are women in their states harmed by widespread abortion pill complications but also the ability to mail abortion pills across state lines violates their ability to regulate abortion within their jurisdiction. “The amended complaint shores up a lot of the deficiencies the Supreme Court identified, but the Court’s standing-based opinion was really more of a cop-out than anything else, so it will depend on whether enough justices have the political will to take this up,” Shapiro told thethe case of Amber Nicole Thurman, a mother in Georgia who died in August 2022 as a result of not receiving treatment for sepsis following abortion pill complications, a risk of abortion pills that is often not widely...
The amended complaint focuses on restoring safeguards that the states believe are critical to protecting women’s health. This includes restoring the original gestational age limit to 10 weeks, up from the current seven, as well as requiring ultrasound examinations to rule out pregnancy complications that would render mifepristone ineffective, like ectopic pregnancy.
The FDA’s warning label for mifepristone estimates that approximately 4%, or about one in 25, who take mifepristone will encounter significant bleeding or infection requiring emergency medical treatment. This statistic comes from insurance coding following patients who seek emergency medical attention and is widely cited by anti-abortion advocatesabortions in the United States used mifepristone.
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