Florida, Texas seek to overturn FDA's Mifepristone regulations, claiming mail access undermines state abortion laws

CBS NEWS ^ | December 11, 2025 | staff

[Morgana]

Florida and Texas have filed a lawsuit challenging more than two decades of federal government decisions that cleared the way for the use of abortion drugs — and said the availability of the drugs through the mail has interfered with state laws designed to prevent abortions.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Wichita Falls, Texas, by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges that decisions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration dating back to 2000 were "arbitrary, capricious" and an "abuse of discretion" and should be rejected.

"The United States Food and Drug Administration is responsible for 'protect(ing) the public health by ensuring that … drugs are safe and effective. Yet the FDA's approval and deregulation of abortion drugs have placed women and girls in harm's way," the 120-page lawsuit said, partially quoting from a federal law.

The lawsuit focuses on mifepristone, a drug that stops pregnancies. Another drug, misoprostol, is used to induce contractions and cause women's bodies to expel tissue. ACLU lambasts the lawsuit, saying it has nothing to do with the medication's safety

The American Civil Liberties Union blasted the lawsuit, which it said is one of three cases across the country targeting Mifepristone. It said mifepristone is used in two-thirds of U.S. abortions.

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TOPICS: Government; US: Florida; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abortion; abortionpill; chemicalabortion; florida; mail; medicalabortion; mifepristone; misoprostol; prolife; texas

[Morgana]

Bad boys

Whatcha want, whatcha want?

Whatcha gonna do

When Sheriff Grady Judd come for you?

[Morgana]

Pro Life Ping ~~let me know if you want on/off this ping list

[ProgressingAmerica]

The abuses of the people by the government are never going to come to an end until more people begin calling for the abolition of these agencies.

..... which should not exist anyways. The bureaucracies are unconstitutional.

Because we willingly fail the Constitution, the Constitution cannot do its job to protect us. The U.S. Constitution needs us and it needs us badly.