Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey wants the Planned Parenthood Federation of America to pay at least $1.8 million for its promotion of the abortion pill, accusing the abortion giant of deceiving clients about the health risks to “cut costs and boost revenue.”
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Cole County Circuit Court said Planned Parenthood has downplayed the dangers of mifepristone, one of two drugs in the abortion-pill protocol, by describing it as “safer than Tylenol” despite research showing a serious adverse-effect rate of nearly 11%.
“The national Planned Parenthood organization is actively endangering the lives of women and girls across the country by spreading lies and disinformation about the powerful chemical abortion drug,” said Mr. Bailey, a Republican, in a statement.
The Food and Drug Administration label for mifepristone says that 2.9% to 4.6% of women are seen in emergency rooms after taking the pill, but places the frequency rate