Acting attorney general pressured to undo abortion pill liberalization

Published April 13, 2026 11:00am ET | Updated April 13, 2026 3:42pm ET



EXCLUSIVE — Anti-abortion advocates are trying to take advantage of a change in leadership at the Department of Justice with a new effort to pressure the Trump administration to change course on several key cases involving the abortion pill mifepristone. 

Nearly 80 anti-abortion groups on Monday sent a letter to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche asking him to back states in their litigation against the Food and Drug Administration’s deregulation of online prescriptions for abortion pills.

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