Three states are Three states will get to proceed with their challenge to the use of an abortion drug.
A judge in Texas ruled that three other states can move ahead with their effort to roll back federal rules and make it harder for people across the U.S to access the abortion drug mifepristone.
Idaho, Kansas and Missouri filed their request in U.S. District Court in Amarillo. They want the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit tele-health prescriptions for mifepristone and require that it be used only in the first seven weeks of pregnancy instead of the current limit of 10 weeks.
They claim efforts to provide access to the pills undermine state abortion laws and frustrate state law enforcement. The federal judge in Amarillo ruled they should not be automatically prevented from suing in Texas just because they are outside the state.
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