"The Department of Justice on Tuesday hit the panic button over a Louisiana lawsuit targeting the abortion pill mifepristone, and asked a federal court to stall the case until the FDA's own review is done or-in other words-until the GOP is safely out of a perilous midterms season. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is probably somewhere screaming, kicking, crying, and vomiting right now."
""[This] filing is nothing more than a smokescreen to delay changes to mifepristone's approval until it is more politically convenient for this administration to try and take away the right of every single person in this country to make their own decisions about their lives, bodies, and futures," Planned Parenthood Action Fund President and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson told Jezebel in a statement. "Don't get it twisted: The Trump administration does not stand with the vast majority of Americans who support access to mifepristone.""
The Department of Justice asked a federal court to pause a Louisiana lawsuit challenging mifepristone until the FDA completes its review, arguing a stay would prevent wasted judicial resources and avoid short-circuiting regulatory and scientific work. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill seeks to reinstate in-person dispensing restrictions that existed before telehealth prescribing was approved in 2021. Planned Parenthood called the DOJ filing a smokescreen intended to delay changes until after midterms and accused the administration of opposing widespread public support for mifepristone access. In the first half of 2025, 27% of abortions were obtained via telehealth, underscoring stakes in access debates.
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