WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined more than 250 Senate and House Democrats in filing an amicus brief to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Louisiana v. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding restrictions on mifepristone, a commonly-prescribed, FDA-approved abortion medication.
Louisiana is seeking a ruling that would force the FDA to reinstate a nationwide in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone - a safe and effective abortion medication that has been FDA-approved since 2000. Mifeprist...