{"id":27204,"date":"2025-05-05T21:21:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27204"},"modified":"2025-05-05T21:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:23:07","slug":"trump-administration-asks-court-to-dismiss-abortion-pill-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27204","title":{"rendered":"Trump Administration Asks Court to Dismiss Abortion Pill Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">The request echoes the position the Biden administration took in the case in January, surprising some observers.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Trump administration on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to sharply restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone \u2014 taking the same position as the Biden administration in a closely watched case that has major implications for abortion access.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The court filing by the Justice Department is striking, given that President Trump and a number of officials in his administration have forcefully opposed abortion rights. Mr. Trump often boasts that he appointed three of the Supreme Court justices who voted in 2022 to overturn the national right to abortion. And so far in his second term, his administration has taken steps to curtail programs that support reproductive health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The court filing was the first time the Trump administration has weighed in on the lawsuit, which <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/21\/health\/abortion-pill-mifepristone-lawsuit.html\" title>seeks to reverse numerous regulatory changes<\/a> that the Food and Drug Administration made, starting in 2016, that greatly expanded access to mifepristone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Trump administration\u2019s request made no mention of the merits of the case, which have not yet been considered by the courts. Rather, echoing the argument that the Biden administration made shortly before Mr. Trump took office, the court filing asserts that the case does not meet the legal standard to be heard in the federal district court in which it was filed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The plaintiffs in the case are the conservative attorneys general of three states: Missouri, Idaho and Kansas, and the case was filed in a federal district court in Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe states do not dispute that their claims have no connection to the Northern District of Texas,\u201d the Justice Department lawyers wrote in the filing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-kbghgg\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171quhb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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Mr. Trump often boasts that he appointed three of the Supreme Court justices who voted in 2022 to overturn the national right to abortion. And so far in his second term, his administration has taken steps to curtail programs that support reproductive health.The court filing was the first time the Trump administration has weighed in on the lawsuit, which seeks to reverse numerous regulatory changes that the Food and Drug Administration made, starting in 2016, that greatly expanded access to mifepristone.The Trump administration\u2019s request made no mention of the merits of the case, which have not yet been considered by the courts. Rather, echoing the argument that the Biden administration made shortly before Mr. Trump took office, the court filing asserts that the case does not meet the legal standard to be heard in the federal district court in which it was filed.The plaintiffs in the case are the conservative attorneys general of three states: Missouri, Idaho and Kansas, and the case was filed in a federal district court in Texas.\u201cThe states do not dispute that their claims have no connection to the Northern District of Texas,\u201d the Justice Department lawyers wrote in the filing.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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