{"id":2580476,"date":"2026-03-16T16:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-doj-demands-pause-on-another-lawsuit-challenging-fdas-abortion-pill-permissions\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:40:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:40:42","slug":"trump-doj-demands-pause-on-another-lawsuit-challenging-fdas-abortion-pill-permissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-doj-demands-pause-on-another-lawsuit-challenging-fdas-abortion-pill-permissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump DOJ Demands Pause On Another Abortion Pill Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-doj-demands-pause-on-another-lawsuit-challenging-fdas-abortion-pill-permissions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2580476&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An article reports that the Trump-era DOJ is asking a federal court to pause or dismiss lawsuits challenging the FDA\u2019s handling of mifepristone, arguing that the agency\u2019s safety review should proceed before any court intervention. The DOJ shifts focus from the Louisiana v. FDA case to challenges by Texas and Florida to the drug\u2019s 2000 approval and later REMS changes,linking them to the Biden-era 2023 policies that broaden mail-order access and at-home use without medical oversight. In a memorandum, the DOJ contends that staying or dismissing the suits would avoid disrupting FDA\u2019s ongoing evaluation of safety risks. Supporters of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >review cite safety concerns raised<\/a> by studies, while FDA officials say thay will reassess the drug\u2019s safety; progress on the review remains unclear, with critics like Sen. Hawley arguing no data is being reviewed yet and proposing legislation to revoke mifepristone\u2019s approval. The article notes this is not the DOJ\u2019s first attempt to pause related litigation, and it highlights ongoing litigation in Louisiana with the 5th Circuit having previously suggested the 2023 REMS might be unlawful. If relief is granted, it could nationally suspend the REMS, though opponents warn that delays may cost unborn lives and put women at risk.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Trump administration Department of Justice says women and babies whose lives and safety are threatened by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-popular-abortion-pills-poisoning-u-s-tap-water\/\" title=\"Are Popular Abortion Pills Poisoning U.S. Tap Water?\">popular abortion pills<\/a> should have to wait until after U.S. Food and Drug Administration&rsquo;s review of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-will-vote-on-equal-rights-amendment-this-week-schumer-says\/\" title=\"Senate will vote on Equal Rights Amendment this week, Schumer says\">popular abortion drug mifepristone<\/a> to get relief.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ is redirecting its demands for a court-mandated pause on abortion pill lawsuits from the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/09\/lawsuit-louisiana-demands-fda-end-bidens-illegal-mail-order-abortion-pill-permissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">landmark <em>Louisiana v. FDA<\/em><\/a>  case to take aim at Texas and Florida for challenging the FDA&rsquo;s 2000 approval of mifepristone and subsequent expansions. It is under the Biden administration&rsquo;s 2023 radical mifepristone permissions that anyone in any state can order mail-order pregnancy-ending pills and complete at-home abortions without medical oversight. <\/p>\n<p>In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/72012984\/20\/1\/the-state-of-florida-v-us-food-and-drug-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">memorandum filed on Friday<\/a>, the DOJ demanded the court &ldquo;stay this litigation pending the outcome of FDA&rsquo;s review&rdquo; or dismiss the complaint altogether.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Florida and Texas (Plaintiffs) threaten to short-circuit the agency&rsquo;s orderly review and study of the safety risks of mifepristone,&rdquo; the memo claims. &ldquo;They would have this Court set aside the 2000 approval of mifepristone and subsequent actions modifying the conditions of use (including the REMS) and approving generic equivalents &mdash; all without the benefit of FDA&rsquo;s new review of the mifepristone REMS. And if FDA ultimately decides to change course, judicial relief may prove equally unnecessary and disruptive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Both&nbsp;U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finance.senate.gov\/hearings\/hearingto-consider-the-nomination-of-robert-f-kennedy-jr-of-california-to-be-secretary-of-health-and-human-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;FDA Commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/shots-health-news\/2025\/03\/06\/nx-s1-5319894\/fda-commissioner-makary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marty Makary<\/a> pledged to review safety concerns surrounding the most popular abortion drug on the market, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/rfk-fda-abortion-pill-mifepristone-safety-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">including<\/a> one analysis that found more than <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/28\/study-rate-of-serious-or-life-threatening-complications-after-abortion-pill-is-22-times-higher-than-fda-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one in 10 women<\/a> who take mifepristone suffer a serious adverse event such as hemorrhage or infection.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear, however, how much progress the FDA has made on the review. Sen. Josh Hawley <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/24\/despite-promise-to-be-pro-life-ally-trump-admin-wont-regulate-abortion-drug-endangering-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told The Federalist<\/a> last month that,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2025\/12\/09\/exclusive-makary-responds-report-saying-he-slow-walked-abortion-pill-safety-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">despite previously confirming<\/a>&nbsp;that the mifepristone review is in &ldquo;data acquisition phase,&rdquo; the FDA is &ldquo;not even reviewing any data yet.&rdquo; The FDA&rsquo;s lack of action prompted Hawley to introduce&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hawley-introduces-bill-strip-fda-approval-from-inherently-dangerous-abortion-pill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legislation<\/a>&nbsp;last week to strip mifepristone of its FDA approval for abortions and give survivors a legal remedy against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawley-introduces-bill-to-ban-dangerous-and-deadly-abortion-pill-punish-greedy-foreign-makers\/\" title=\"Hawley Introduces Bill To Ban Dangerous And Deadly Abortion Pill\">foreign abortion pill makers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osvnews.com\/trump-administration-seeks-pause-on-another-lawsuit-challenging-abortion-pill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">not the first time<\/a> the Trump administration has moved to pause or dismiss pro-life states&rsquo; pleas for legal intervention so they can properly enforce their chemical abortion prohibitions. <\/p>\n<p>The DOJ&nbsp;filed a similar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/71544002\/51\/louisiana-v-u-s-food-drug-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">memorandum<\/a> in January claiming that Louisiana&rsquo;s legal challenge to the REMs expansions is &ldquo;disruptive&rdquo; and possibly &ldquo;unnecessary&rdquo; due to the agency&rsquo;s ongoing mifepristone review. The DOJ, on behalf of the FDA, asked a federal court to halt the&nbsp;lawsuit&nbsp;from Louisiana and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/30\/woman-coerced-into-abortion-asks-fda-to-stop-shielding-abusers-and-their-drug-dealers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abortion pill poisoning survivor Rosalie Markezich. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>As pro-lifers and the plaintiffs&rsquo; legal counsel noted, the FDA <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/29\/fda-wants-pause-on-landmark-abortion-pill-suit-pro-lifers-say-it-will-cost-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">does not plan to act on those REMs<\/a>&nbsp;until it concludes its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-promise-to-be-pro-life-ally-trump-admin-wont-regulate-abortion-drug-endangering-women\/\" title=\"Trump Admin Claimed To Be Pro-Life, But Won&#039;t Regulate ...\">official abortion drug evaluation<\/a>, which leaves countless unborn babies and women vulnerable to the harms and abuse linked to mifepristone. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The DOJ, consistent with its brief in this case, actually made no effort to defend the 2023 REMs or to reassure the court that the FDA actions in 2023 were even lawful,&rdquo; Gabriella McIntyre,&nbsp;legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom&rsquo;s Center for Life, told The Federalist in a phone interview after the <em>Louisiana v. FDA<\/em> preliminary injunction hearing on Feb. 24.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge David C. Joseph of the Western District of Louisiana has yet to say whether he will grant relief for or side with the Trump administration. McIntyre expressed optimism, however, that the judge will consider the 5th Circuit&rsquo;s conclusions that 2023 REMs are unlawful and issue his opinion swiftly.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We outlined in opposition an extensive timeline to the court where, even if they were to move on this study right now today, given their current timeline and the regulatory process, we would not see any sort of conclusion or relief from the FDA until 2027,&rdquo; McIntyre said, noting that relief would most likely &ldquo;stay the 2023 REMs nationally.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She warned that every month that the mail-order expansions are allowed to stand, &ldquo;nearly 1,000 unborn lives are destroyed in the state of Louisiana, and 700-plus women who are going to go to the emergency room.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is an award-winning staff writer at The Federalist and producer of &ldquo;The Federalist Radio Hour.&rdquo; Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOJ: delay relief until FDA reviews mifepristone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2580477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Trump-DOJ-Demands-Pause-On-Another-Lawsuit-Challenging-FDAs-Abortion-Pill-Permissions.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[75922,7076,4585,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2580476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-abortionpill","tag-doj","tag-lawsuit","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Trump-DOJ-Demands-Pause-On-Another-Lawsuit-Challenging-FDAs-Abortion-Pill-Permissions.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2580476"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2580480,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580476\/revisions\/2580480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2580477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2580476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2580476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2580476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}