Since the end of Roe. v. Wade, the abortion drug mifepristone has increasingly become a point of friction between pro-life and pro-choice advocates. Four months after the Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit seeking to overturn changes by the Food and Drug Administration that made the drug more widely available, a group of conservative states is once again trying to bring the issue before the courts.

Abortion pills are back on the chopping block

The attorneys general of three GOP-led states — Missouri, Idaho and Kansas — have banded together to revive and file a new lawsuit against the FDA. The suit hopes to undo several regulatory changes made by the agency since 2016, which have significantly expanded access to mifepristone. The states claim they have standing to sue because the FDA’s actions violate the state. abortion laws by “enabling an out-of-state abortion drug distribution network.” In addition to certain points taken from the first case, the new lawsuit also seeks to prohibit the administration of drugs to anyone under the age of 18. He also wants to curb the “rapidly growing practice of prescribing abortion pills via telemedicine and sending them by mail.” to patients”, including states banning abortion, said The New York Times.