Trump administration seeks to pause Missouri lawsuit targeting abortion pill access

Photo: Huge crowds gathered in Pittsburgh on June 24, 2022 after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Two separate protest events downtown were followed by a march through the city. […] Photo credit: Mark Dixon via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Sofia Resnick. Missouri Independent – March 13, 2026.

For the second time this year, the Trump administration is trying to at least delay another legal attempt to curb access to medication abortion. The U.S. Department of Justice late Friday afternoon asked a federal court in Missouri to either pause or dismiss a lawsuit over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision last year to approve a new generic brand of mifepristone. The case, filed by attorneys general in Missouri, Idaho and Kansas, calls into question other FDA regulations, including those allowing abortion medication to be prescribed through telehealth. The DOJ filed a similar request in late January in a separate abortion pill lawsuit […]

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