{"id":1746,"date":"2026-09-01T21:09:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T21:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746"},"modified":"2026-09-01T21:09:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T21:09:32","slug":"federal-judge-postpones-lawsuit-over-revoking-mifepristone-access-after-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746","title":{"rendered":"Federal Judge Postpones Lawsuit Over Revoking Mifepristone Access After Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- begin partial\/series-card --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><i><span>Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a <\/span><\/i><i><span>quick donation<\/span><\/i><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1744\">Big Tech\u2019s Debate Over \u201cOpen\u201d and \u201cSafe\u201d AI Leaves Corporate Power Unquestioned<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A federal judge in Texas on Sunday paused a lawsuit seeking to revoke nationwide approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, saying the case won\u2019t be heard until at least Dec. 1 and granting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration\u2019s request for a stay to continue its safety review of the drug.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican attorneys general of Florida and Texas filed a lawsuit against the FDA last December seeking to permanently revoke the agency\u2019s initial approval of mifepristone from 2000, along with subsequent decisions over the years that eased access for patients. Florida and Texas had agreed to the FDA\u2019s request for a stay. <\/p>\n<p>If a judge were to rule in favor of Florida and Texas, the medication would become unavailable in all states, regardless of abortion laws.<\/p>\n<p>In the same ruling, U.S. Chief District Judge Reed O\u2019Connor, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, denied a motion to dismiss the case from distributor Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro, one of the drug\u2019s main manufacturers. The company\u2019s attorneys intervened as defendants in April. O\u2019Connor\u2019s ruling will delay any action in the case until after the midterm elections. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect the FDA\u2019s review of mifepristone to not contradict the decision they made in 2023 that reaffirmed our product is safe and effective,\u201d GenBioPro CEO Evan Masingill said in a statement Monday. \u201cGenBioPro will continue to use all legal and regulatory tools available to ensure Americans\u2019 access to reproductive care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1742\">New Covert USPS System Could Get Millions of Ballots Tossed, Leak Reveals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit by Florida and Texas is one of three suits pending in federal courts that would change nationwide access to mifepristone, and it\u2019s the most sweeping in its goals. <\/p>\n<p>Florida and Texas\u2019s lawsuit cites in part the federal Comstock Act, a 150-year-old anti-obscenity law that made it illegal to send any materials that could induce an abortion through the mail. That law has not been enforced for many decades. Anti-abortion groups recently called for new U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche to revisit the Comstock Act\u2019s prohibition. <\/p>\n<p>Mifepristone, one of two drugs most commonly used to terminate a pregnancy before 10 weeks\u2019 gestation and to treat miscarriages, has repeatedly shown in scientific studies to be safe and effective, but the FDA began another safety study in June and announced it would take about six months to complete. <\/p>\n<p>The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Sept. 9 in a case from Louisiana seeking to remove a rule allowing the medication to be dispensed without an in-person visit to a provider, and the attorneys general in Missouri, Idaho and Kansas have asked a federal judge in Missouri to roll back the rules to what they were before 2016. Prior to that year, the drug was only approved for use before seven weeks\u2019 gestation and required three in-person office visits.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stateline reporter Kelcie Moseley-Morris can be reached at <\/em><em>kmoseley@stateline.org<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1740\">White House Says Venezuela Oil Grab Includes 100-Year Leases to 17 Oil Fields<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lawsuit seeks to revoke FDA approval of the abortion drug despite repeated studies that find it safe and effective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Federal Judge Postpones Lawsuit Over Revoking Mifepristone Access After Election - Smart Moving Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Federal Judge Postpones Lawsuit Over Revoking Mifepristone Access After Election - Smart Moving Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The lawsuit seeks to revoke FDA approval of the abortion drug despite repeated studies that find it safe and effective.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Smart Moving Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-01T21:09:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1746#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1746\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ec0d70042821fd684a174c8d0e8becfa\"},\"headline\":\"Federal Judge Postpones Lawsuit Over Revoking Mifepristone Access After Election\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-01T21:09:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1746\"},\"wordCount\":554,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1746#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/0227ad822074f2f064f58a5de51aac01.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Interesting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1746#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1746\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1746\",\"name\":\"Federal Judge Postpones Lawsuit Over Revoking Mifepristone Access After Election - Smart Moving Home\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1746#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1746#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/0227ad822074f2f064f58a5de51aac01.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-01T21:09:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ec0d70042821fd684a174c8d0e8becfa\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1746#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1746\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1746#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/0227ad822074f2f064f58a5de51aac01.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/0227ad822074f2f064f58a5de51aac01.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1777},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1746#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Federal Judge Postpones Lawsuit Over Revoking Mifepristone Access After Election\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Smart Moving Home\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ec0d70042821fd684a174c8d0e8becfa\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Federal Judge Postpones Lawsuit Over Revoking Mifepristone Access After Election - Smart Moving Home","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Federal Judge Postpones Lawsuit Over Revoking Mifepristone Access After Election - Smart Moving Home","og_description":"The lawsuit seeks to revoke FDA approval of the abortion drug despite repeated studies that find it safe and effective.","og_url":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746","og_site_name":"Smart Moving Home","article_published_time":"2026-09-01T21:09:32+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ec0d70042821fd684a174c8d0e8becfa"},"headline":"Federal Judge Postpones Lawsuit Over Revoking Mifepristone Access After Election","datePublished":"2026-09-01T21:09:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746"},"wordCount":554,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0227ad822074f2f064f58a5de51aac01.jpg","articleSection":["Interesting"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746","url":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746","name":"Federal Judge Postpones Lawsuit Over Revoking Mifepristone Access After Election - Smart Moving Home","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0227ad822074f2f064f58a5de51aac01.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-01T21:09:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ec0d70042821fd684a174c8d0e8becfa"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0227ad822074f2f064f58a5de51aac01.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0227ad822074f2f064f58a5de51aac01.jpg","width":2560,"height":1777},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1746#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Federal Judge Postpones Lawsuit Over Revoking Mifepristone Access After Election"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/","name":"Smart Moving Home","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ec0d70042821fd684a174c8d0e8becfa","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/smartmovinghome.com"],"url":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}