Generic Abortion Pill Maker Sues FDA to Protect Access (1)

A generic-mifepristone maker sued the US Food and Drug Administration to protect access to the medical abortion pill amid a welter of litigation stretching from Texas to Washington.

The lawsuit by GenBioPro Inc., filed Wednesday in federal court in Maryland, comes as the US Supreme Court delayed until Friday a decision on which restrictions on the pill will remain in place after a federal judge in Texas blocked the FDA’s approval of mifepristone in a separate lawsuit.

GenBioPro makes most of the mifepristone sold in the US. It says in its suit that if the FDA is forced to ...