12 states sue FDA to make abortion pill more accessible

Twelve Democratic state attorneys general have sued the Food and Drug Administration in an attempt to loosen restrictions on the distribution of mifepristone, a pill used in medication abortions that has been at the center of the reproductive health debate after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

The lawsuit accuses the FDA of “singling out” and imposing “particularly burdensome” limitations on the distribution of mifepristone, which blocks the progesterone hormone that helps the body maintain a pregnancy. The legal challenge, led by the attorneys general for Washington and Oregon, was filed Thursday in a U.S. District Court in Washington state.