A federal judge in Texas is allowing three other states to pursue a challenge seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.

Texas abortion restrictions are among the strictest in the nation, banning the procedure unless a pregnant person has a "life-threatening condition."

Mifepristone is under attack by abortion opponents, with several states seeking in federal court to restrict its use.

File video above: Supreme Court preserves access to abortion medication Mifepristone The states of Idaho, Kansas and Missouri made the request in U.S. District Court in Amarillo, Texas.

Three Republican-led states will be allowed to move forward with a lawsuit to restrict access to mifepristone, a Texas federal judge ruled Thursday, months after the Supreme Court rejected an

The Republican-led states of Idaho, Missouri and Kansas can proceed with a lawsuit seeking to restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone in the United States, a federal judge in Texas ruled on Thursday.

The research could further complicate the polarized politics of abortion because the drug in the study is the key ingredient in a pill used for emergency contraception.

Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, allowed three states to go forward with a lawsuit that seeks to change how mifepristone is used.

A judge in Texas ruled Thursday that three other states ... it harder for people across the U.S. to access the abortion drug mifepristone. The states of Idaho, Kansas and Missouri made the request ...

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.

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A new study suggests that a pill used for emergency contraception could be repurposed at a higher dose as an abortion drug, providing a possible alternative to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in the most common type of abortion in the United States.