Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a lawsuit last week that calls on the federal government to strike down rules that allow the distribution of abortion drugs without an in-person doctor’s visit. It’s her latest attempt to place restrictions on out-of-state shipments of mifepristone, a medication that used to terminate pregnancies but that also has other life-saving and gynecological uses.

Murrill filed suit Monday against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in a federal district court in Louisiana. It calls for the agency to reverse regulatory action it took in 2023 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing doctors to prescribe mifepristone through remote patients visits or—as the lawsuit claims—without any interaction with a medical professional.

“As a consequence, hundreds of unlawful abortions occur every month in Louisiana,” the lawsuit said

A similar case to stop mail-order mifepristone went before the U.S. Supreme Court last year. Justices ruled........

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