A federal judge in Texas is allowing three other states to pursue a challenge seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide. The states of Idaho, Kansas and Missouri can now move ahead with their efforts in U.S. District Court in Amarillo, Texas, where a nominee of former President Donald Trump is the only judge. The states want the courts to prohibit telehealth prescriptions of the pill and to limit its use to the first seven weeks of pregnancy. It’s a narrower challenge than the case brought by a group of anti-abortion doctors. They were told by the U.S. Supreme Court that they don’t have the legal right to try to have federal approval of the drug undone entirely.
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