Louisiana Sues Trump’s FDA To Overturn Abortion Pill Mailing
Bloomberg Law, October 7, 2025
The availability of abortion pills in states with bans on the procedure is facing a new challenge after Louisiana filed a lawsuit to curb mailing of the medication within its borders, claiming the process circumvents state law … The lawsuit filed Monday accuses the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of lifting a requirement in 2023, under then-president Joe Biden, that mifepristone be dispensed in person “for avowedly political reasons.” … Monday’s lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and comes after the state failed to intervene in another litigation over mifepristone access. That other lawsuit targeting the FDA’s safety decisions on mifepristone is being waged by Missouri, Kansas, and Idaho.
Missouri Attorney General Subpoenas Planned Parenthood for Patient Abortion Records
Missouri Independent, October 6, 2025
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is demanding health records of Planned Parenthood abortion patients in an effort to argue in favor of keeping in place several regulations that limit access to the procedure. The office is asking for patient medical records, incident reports, “adverse event documentation” and communications about patient care, according to court records … “This is nothing more than an attempt to harass (Planned Parenthood) and should not be permitted by the court,” attorneys for the clinics wrote in a court filing asking Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang to throw out the subpoenas.
Texas Charges Eight People Over Links to Midwife Accused of Illegal Abortions
The Guardian, October 8, 2025
Eight people linked to a Texas midwife accused of performing illegal abortions have been arrested, Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, announced on Wednesday. The midwife, Maria Rojas, earlier this year became the first person to be charged under Texas laws that outlaw virtually all abortions. She is now facing three counts of performing an abortion and 12 counts of practicing medicine without a license. The new arrests were all of people indicted for practicing medicine without a license under Rojas, who operated three clinics in the Houston area, according to Paxton’s office.
Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her ‘Safety.’ Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime
404 Media, October 7, 2025
In May, 404 Media reported that the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office in Texas searched a nationwide network of Flock cameras, a powerful AI-enabled license plate surveillance tool, to look for a woman who self-administered an abortion. At the time, the sheriff told us that the search had nothing to do with criminality and that they were concerned solely about the woman’s safety, specifically the idea that she could be bleeding to death from the abortion … But newly unearthed court documents about the incident show that when the search was performed, police were conducting a “death investigation” into the death of the fetus, and police discussed whether they could charge the woman with a crime with the District Attorney’s office on the same day that they performed the Flock search.
Anti-Abortion Groups Furious as FDA Approves Generic Abortion Pill
The Guardian, October 2, 2025
In a move that has left anti-abortion advocates reeling, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quietly approved a request to manufacture a new abortion pill earlier this week. Thanks to the approval, a company called Evita Solutions will be able to manufacture its generic version of mifepristone, one of two drugs typically used in most US medication abortions … “By expanding generic options, the agency is reinforcing mifepristone’s impeccable safety record,” Kiki Freedman, co-founder and CEO of the telemedicine abortion provider Hey Jane, said in a statement.
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