Eyes On MS Preemption Case As HHS Looks To Shield Abortion Pill Access

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said his agency will work with the Justice Department to ensure states do not ban medication abortion in conflict with FDA’s regulations on the abortion pill mifepristone, but he stopped short of providing any concrete examples of actions the agency will take against states and did not say whether HHS will intervene in abortion pill maker GenBioPro’s ongoing case against Mississippi, in which the company argues that Mississippi’s restrictions on mifepristone conflict with FDA’s regulations. Becerra’s...