Texas, Florida seek to join legal challenge to abortion pill

Texas and Florida said that they need to defend their abortion policies from other states, like New York, that have passed "shield laws" that enable patients to get mail-order mifepristone in other states.

The lawsuit is challenging FDA actions that loosened restrictions on the drug in 2016 and 2021, including allowing for medication abortions at up to 10 weeks of pregnancy instead of seven, and for mail delivery of the drug without a woman first seeing a clinician in person.

The lawsuit began during Democratic former President Joe Biden's administration, but Republican President Donald Trump has continued to defend the FDA's decisions.