A manufacturer of the drug used in medication abortions on Thursday dropped its bid to sell mifepristone in Mississippi despite the state’s recently enacted abortion ban.
GenBioPro Inc. said it was voluntarily dismissing its case in a filing in federal court in Jackson. The company had argued that federal regulators’ approval of mifepristone to induce abortion at up to 10 weeks of pregnancy overrode the state’s prohibition on nearly all abortions.
Nevada-based GenBioPro did not say why it was dropping its lawsuit in the filing, but noted it was doing so without prejudice, which means it can refile it. The company did not immediately reply to a request for comment….