Republicans Just Renewed Their Attack On Abortion Pills [Video]

Republicans renewed their nationwide attack on abortion pills in a complaint filed last Friday against the Food and Drug Administration.

The amended complaint, filed by attorneys general from Kansas, Missouri and Idaho, is a follow-up to the FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine case that the Supreme Court ruled on this summer. The state attorneys general, as well as previous plaintiffs, seek to significantly roll back access to mifepristone, one of the two drugs that’s been widely and safely used in medication abortion since the FDA first approved it in 2000.

Although the Supreme Court rejectedthe previous plaintiffs on standing, the high court remanded the case back to a Texas federal court overseen by one of the most notorious anti-abortion judges in the country. The ruling was a relief for abortion rights advocates at the time, but the decision effectively punted the issue of whether mifepristone access should be left as is or further restricted. The move signaled to the country that …