California joined Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey in asking the FDA to ease new restrictions on the abortion pill, or exempt them from those restrictions.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has cited dubious data pushed by anti-abortion activists to claim new restrictions are needed on the medication.

California and three other states petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Thursday to ease its new restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, citing the drug’s proven safety record and arguing the new limits are unnecessary.

“The medication is a lifeline for millions of women who need access to time-sensitive, critical healthcare — especially low-income women and those who live in rural and underserved areas,” said California Atty. Gen. Rob Bon

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