The Department of Justice on May 5 asked a district court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by three Republican-led states that sought to challenge federal rules allowing access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
Missouri, Idaho, and Kansas filed the lawsuit in October last year, accusing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of acting unlawfully by loosening restrictions on mifepristone, a medication used to end a pregnancy.
In a court filing, dated May 5, government lawyers said the case should be dismissed because the states lack legal standing and that their claims have no connection to the Northern District of Texas, where the suit was filed….