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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier told Fox News Digital on Friday it is “blatantly false” to claim that a popular abortion-inducing drug now under federal review is “safer than Tylenol,” launching a multimillion-dollar lawsuit and citing RICO statutes.

Mifepristone, a pharmaceutical that blocks pregnancy hormone progesterone, is often utilized as part of a two-drug process that critics call a “chemical abortion.” About 24 hours after mifepristone is taken, the pregnant woman will take misoprostol – which induces uterine contractions and allows for the likely deceased fetus to be pushed out.

Current FDA approval allows for mifepristone to be prescribed within 10 weeks of conception, though now the State of Florida and FDA chief Dr. Marty

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