{"id":301307,"date":"2023-11-08T10:40:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=301307"},"modified":"2023-11-07T20:53:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T02:53:43","slug":"three-states-lawsuit-stop-mail-order-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/three-states-lawsuit-stop-mail-order-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Three states file lawsuit to stop mail-order abortion drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Missouri, Kansas, and Idaho jointly filed a lawsuit<\/a> Monday against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Department of Health (DOH) to stop the distribution of the abortion pill via mail in their respective states.<\/p>\n

According to the Washington Examiner<\/a>, the plaintiffs are asking a federal judge in Texas to join their lawsuit with one already brought<\/a> by doctors across the country, Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA<\/em>. In that lawsuit, the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (AHM), a nonprofit membership organization representing nearly 30,000 healthcare professionals, is asking the FDA to pull the abortion pill from the market due to the dangers it poses to women who take it. The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is backing the group in their effort in that lawsuit.<\/p>\n

“As someone who knows the state of Missouri and its people very well, it is encouraging to see Missouri, along with Kansas and Idaho, intervene in this important case to protect the health and well-being of women and girls,” said<\/a> ADF senior counsel Erin Hawley following the news of Missouri’s lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey released a statement Monday. \u201cUnelected federal bureaucrats do not have the statutory authority to approve the shipment of these dangerous chemical abortion drugs in the mail,\u201d he said<\/a>. \u201cThe FDA\u2019s guidance is not only unlawful, but would cost the lives of both women and their unborn children. I am proud to be leading a coalition of states to halt the FDA\u2019s illegal federal overreach in its tracks.\u201d<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: We have filed suit against @POTUS<\/a>' FDA for unlawfully approving the shipment of chemical abortion pills in the mail.<\/p>\n

Bureaucrats do not have the authority to issue guidance that would cost the lives of both women and their unborn children. pic.twitter.com\/7UqenQTDJK<\/a><\/p>\n

— Attorney General Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) November 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n