Federal judge in Texas suspends FDA approval of abortion pill
Apr 7, 2023 · In a potentially devastating blow for abortion access nationwide, a federal judge in Amarillo has suspended the approval of mifepristone, an abortion-inducing drug that has been …
Texas judge says states can revive challenge to abortion pill …
Jan 17, 2025 · A federal judge in Texas is allowing three other states to pursue a challenge seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.
U.S. Supreme Court to take up Texas abortion drug case - The Texas Tribune
Dec 13, 2023 · Mifepristone has been used to terminate pregnancies after FDA approval 20 years ago. A federal judge in Amarillo attempted to ban it by suspending its regulatory approval. This is the first...
Battle over access to mifepristone to continue in Amarillo court
Oct 10, 2024 · The lawsuit sought to restrict access to mifepristone to include states where abortion is legal. The parties involved submitted a Joint Status Report to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Amarillo Division, on Sept. 30.
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas challenge to abortion pill | The Texas …
Jun 13, 2024 · Mifepristone, a common abortion inducing medication, will remain on the market without additional restrictions after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected an anti-abortion group’s...
A Texas judge enables a nationwide mifepristone challenge
Jan 16, 2025 · 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 …
U.S. judge in Texas hears case that could force major abortion pill …
Mar 15, 2023 · Attorneys from the Justice Department argued on behalf of the FDA at Wednesday's hearing, as did lawyers for the drug company Danco, which makes mifepristone. Kacsmaryk could now decide the case...
Mifepristone case update: intervenor-plaintiffs file motion for …
Oct 15, 2024 · The States of Missouri, Kansas and Idaho—the intervenor-plaintiffs in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine—filed a motion for leave to file with an attached amended complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District …
Abortion pill access in jeopardy after judges issue conflicting …
Apr 7, 2023 · In Texas, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that the Food and Drug Administration improperly approved the abortion pill mifepristone more than 20 years ago. A coalition of anti-abortion...
Mifepristone case defendants file proposed order to dismiss
Nov 18, 2024 · As we previously reported, this lawsuit was first filed in November of 2022 and seeks to restrict access to mifepristone, a drug commonly used in combination with misopristol to end a pregnancy.