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Wed Jul 23, 2025, 06:11 PM Jul 23

Missouri AG sues Planned Parenthood for allegedly lying about dangers of abortion drugs

Missouri is suing Planned Parenthood for allegedly lying to patients about the risks of the abortion medication mifepristone.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Jefferson City arguing that Planned Parenthood’s claims that the abortion drug is safer than many other medications including penicillin and Tylenol are untrue and violate the state’s consumer-protection law.

Bailey claims that the nonprofit organization has lied about the safety of the drug to “cut costs and boost revenue,” according to the lawsuit. The complaint also requests a court order to stop Planned Parenthood from “continuing to promote the falsehoods,” in Missouri and for the organization to pay more than $1.8 million in civil penalties.

The attorney general’s office is also asking for the organization to be fined $1,000 in damages to every woman in the Show-Me State that has received abortion medication through one of is providers in the past five years.

On top of this, it asks that the organization reimburse the state for Medicaid and other tax-payer-funded emergency care provided to people who suffered complications after taking mifepristone.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5416270-missouri-attorney-general-planned-parenthood-mifespristone-lawsuit/
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