While Republicans have largely said that abortion is a state issue following the fall of Roe v. Wade, conservative-led states are now on record backing a nationwide injunction on the use of a key drug used in medication abortions.
Driving the news: 22 Republican state attorneys general filed a brief Monday in a case brought by an anti-abortion group, asking a U.S. District Court in Amarillo, Texas, to block the Food and Drug Administration's 2000 approval of mifepristone — a move that abortion advocates say would effectively result in a national ban.
