ATTORNEY GENERAL BONTA FILES AMICUS BRIEF SUPPORTING CONTINUED ACCESS TO MIFEPRISTONE AS CASE RETURNS TO FIFTH CIRCUIT

SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 22 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:

OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the manufacturers of mifepristone in Louisiana v. FDA. Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved mifepristone in 2000, an estimated 7.5 million people in the United States have used the medication safely. Mifepristone, when used in combination with misoprostol, is the FDA-approved regimen used to terminate a pregnancy through 10 weeks. In today's amicus brief, the coalition urges the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to reject Louisiana's request to reinstate a medically unnecessar...