From The Daily Caller:
Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit Wednesday alongside Advancing American Freedom (AAF), which was founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over records surrounding the abortion pill known as Mifepristone.
The lawsuit was filed after HHS and the FDA failed to respond to FOIA requests filed in May for relevant documents and communications surrounding the approval of the abortion pill, according to a press release. The FDA was previously found to have “failed to address several important concerns” when it relaxed restrictions on the abortion drug, which has a “significant morbidity and mortality” rate, according to the National Institute of Health.
“The FDA has repeatedly refused to acknowledge their role in approving the dangerous abortion drug, mifepristone, and have refused to disclose communications regarding their approval of it,” AAF general counsel Marc Wheat said in the press release.
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