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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

Trump continues Biden’s court defense of mail-order abortion pills

The Trump administration on Monday signaled it will continue the Biden administration’s defense of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations allowing patients to access a widely used abortion pill by mail.

The Justice Department argued in a filing in Texas federal court that a group of three Republican-controlled states lacked the standing to challenge the rules, accusing Missouri, Kansas, and Idaho of trying to “piggyback” onto a lawsuit the Supreme Court already rejected.

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