TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 17, 2025

A Texas judge ruled Thursday that three states can move forward with another attempt to roll back federal rules and limit access to the abortion drug mifepristone. Action News 5 reports that Idaho, Kansas and Missouri requested last year to pursue the case in federal court in Texas after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling finding that abortion opponents who initially filed the case lacked legal standing to sue. The states seek to have the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prohibit telehealth prescriptions for mifepristone, limit its use to the first seven weeks of pregnancy instead of the current 10 weeks and require three in-person doctor visits to obtain the drug instead of none. Nationwide, 13 states ban abortion at all stages of pregnancy, with some exceptions, while four more prohibit the procedure after the first six weeks.