Alaska joins lawsuit that would take the abortion pill off the market

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Abortion is legal in Alaska. But if successful, the lawsuit will reduce access to abortions here.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy follows Treg Taylor into a news conference at the governor’s Anchorage office on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. that would eliminate Americans’ access to a pill used for abortions, even in states where abortion is legal.

The lawsuit aims to revoke the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill, called mifepristone. The pillOn Friday, Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor’s office wrote in a statement that, by allowing the drug to be available through the mail, the FDA subverted the authority of states that have outlawed abortion.

“That intentional undermining of State authority by the federal government is what Alaska and the 21 states who joined the lawsuit take issue with,” the office wrote. Abortion is legal in Alaska. But if successful, the suit will reduce access to abortions here. The pill is used for about

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Oh Alaska you sure love women. Smh….

For men: If you don't believe in Abortion - get a vasectomy. They can be reversed when you're ready. For women, if you don't believe in Abortion, don't have one. Keep abortion and the pill legal.

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Alaska joins lawsuit that would take the abortion pill off the marketAlaska Attorney General Treg Taylor’s office wrote in a statement that, by allowing the drug to be available through the mail, the FDA subverted the authority of states that have outlawed abortion. So says a man, representing a state, where access to abortions is coded in the state constitution. Yeah, Alaska isn't one of those states Disgusting overreach by this awful administration- we know why they really joined the lawsuit-
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