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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sarah Rankin and Denise Lavoie

Republican Virginia Attorney General Miyares defends staying out of abortion pill case

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Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has defended his decision not to join most of his Republican counterparts around the country in supporting a lawsuit challenging the safety and approval of the abortion medication mifepristone.

In a wide-ranging interview Tuesday with The Associated Press, Miyares said he opted not to sign onto the amicus brief by 22 other Republican attorneys general earlier this year because he had concerns about whether the plaintiffs in the case had standing to sue.

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