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- GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy said the concern over mifepristone and the FDA's authority is "totally alarmist."
- Cassidy said the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision returned decisions on abortion laws back to the states.
- Meanwhile, his GOP colleagues are actively working to implement nationwide abortion bans.
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy called public reaction to the ongoing legal dispute over the abortion medication mifepristone and the FDA's authority "totally alarmist" on Sunday.
The Louisiana senator also insisted that decisions on abortion laws had been returned to the states after last year's Supreme Court decision. Yet members of his own party have publicly called for nationwide limits on abortion.