"The suits challenge not only the FDA's approval of the abortion medication, but also its policies allowing the pill to be delivered via mail. Related: Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to abortion pill mifepristone "These lawsuits have nothing to do with the safety of this medication and everything to do with making it harder for people to get an abortion," Julia Kaye, senior staff attorney with the ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project, said in a statement. "Politicians in Texas and Florida are asking for a nationwide ban on a safe and effective medication that millions of Americans have used since the FDA first approved it 25 years ago.""
"The U.S. Supreme Court in June 2024 unanimously rejected a similar lawsuit brought by doctors and anti-abortion groups, but left the door open for future cases. Brett Kavanaugh wrote in the opinion that "citizens and doctors do not have standing to sue simply because others are allowed to engage in certain activities - at least without the plaintiffs demonstrating how they would be injured by the government's alleged under-regulation of others." A lawsuit from states will likely have stronger standing."
"Mifepristone is used in two-thirds (63 percent) of U.S. abortions, according to a 2024 study from the Guttmacher Institute. A separate report from the Society of Family Planning found that as of June 2025, more than one-fourth (27 percent) of abortions in the U.S. were provided through telemedicine using mifepristone."
Florida and Texas have filed suit against the FDA over its approval and mail-delivery policies for mifepristone, joining recent suits from Missouri and Louisiana. The lawsuits challenge both the FDA's approval of the medication and policies allowing the pill to be mailed, and seek nationwide relief. The Supreme Court unanimously rejected a similar doctor-led case in June 2024 while signaling that state plaintiffs could have stronger standing. Mifepristone comprises about 63 percent of U.S. abortions, and telemedicine provision of the pill accounted for roughly 27 percent of abortions as of June 2025. ACLU counsel characterized the suits as targeting access rather than safety.
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