A Texas judge has ruled that Idaho, Kansas, and Missouri can move forward with their lawsuit seeking to restrict access to the abortion drug mifepristone. The states argue that current federal guidelines undermine state abortion laws. This decision comes despite a previous Supreme Court ruling that found similar challenges lacked legal standing. The case is expected to be closely watched as it could have significant implications for abortion access across the country.
The Texas judge who previously halted approval of the nation’s most common method of abortion ruled Thursday that three states can move ahead with another attempt to roll back federal rules and make it harder for people across the U.S. to access the abortion drugIdaho, Kansas and Missouri requested late last year to pursue the case in federal court in Amarillo, Texas, after the U.S.
That's because, the states argue, efforts to provide access to the pills “undermine state abortion laws and frustrate state law enforcement,” according to court documents. Kacsmaryk’s decision “has left the door open for extremist politicians to continue attacking medication abortion in his courtroom," the ACLU said.
Previously, Kacsmaryk sided with a group of anti-abortion doctors and organizations that wanted the FDA to be forced to rescind entirely its approval of mifepristone in 2000. Across the U.S., 13 states under Republican legislative control bar abortion at all stages of pregnancy, with some exceptions, and four more ban it after the first six weeks — before women often know they’re pregnant.
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