A Texas judge has ruled that Idaho, Kansas, and Missouri can proceed with their lawsuit aiming to restrict access to the abortion drug mifepristone. The states seek to limit telehealth prescriptions and mandate its use only within the first seven weeks of pregnancy. This decision comes despite the Supreme Court's previous unanimous ruling upholding access to mifepristone and faces criticism from the ACLU.
A judge in Texas has ruled that three other states can move ahead with their effort to roll back federal rules and make it harder for people across the U.S. to access the abortion drug mifepristone. The states of Idaho, Kansas and Missouri made the request in U.S. District Court in Amarillo, Texas. The only judge based there is Matthew Kacsmaryk, a nominee of former President Trump who previously ruled in favor of a challenge to the pill's approval.
Trump has repeatedly said abortion is an issue for the states, not the federal government, though he’s also touted on the campaign trail that he appointed justices to the Supreme Court who were in the majority when striking down the national right to abortion. Abortion opponents have increasingly targeted abortion pills. Previously, Kacsmaryk sided with a group of anti-abortion doctors and organizations that wanted the FDA to be forced to rescind its approval of mifepristone in 2000.
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