Judicial Watch Joins Forces With Mike Pence Group, Sues FDA And HHS Over Abortion Pill Docs

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.

“Advancing American Freedom has worked tirelessly to disclose the truth behind the FDA’s negligence and to bring justice for the women hurt or killed by this drug,” Wheat continued. “The American people deserve to know the facts of how the FDA shirked protocols in order to expand abortions, even at the cost of the health of the women using the drug. We are grateful to Judicial Watch for picking up AAF’s case.”