Arguments heard in Louisiana v FDA over mail-in abortion drugs

(The Center Square) – A federal judge in Louisiana heard arguments on Tuesday challenging a mail-order abortion drug rule, finalized in 2023 by President Joe Biden’s Food and Drug Administration.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and plaintiff Rosalie Markezich, filed a lawsuit against the FDA for removing the rule that ensured women receive an in-person office visit before taking abortion drugs, including mifepristone.

“If the Biden FDA had not removed in-person dispensing, my then-boyfriend would not have been able to obtain abortion drugs and pressure me to take them against my will,” Markezich told Alliance Defending Freedom.

According to Murrill, Markezich was one of many women whose boyfriends or family members ordered abortion drugs fro...