Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Thursday filed a lawsuit accusing Planned Parenthood of falsely advertising that abortion medication is “safer than Tylenol.”
The lawsuit, filed in Santa Rosa County circuit court, targets claims by Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc. and affiliates Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc., Planned Parenthood of Florida Inc. and Planned Parenthood Florida Action Inc.
The 37-page lawsuit focuses in part on statements about the safety of mifeprestone and misoprostol, which are used to induce chemical abortions.
As an example, Planned Parenthood’s website says that medication abortion is very safe.
“In fact, it’s safer than many other medicines like penicillin, Tylenol, and Viagra. Serious problems are rare, but like all medicines, there can be risks,” the website says.
The lawsuit alleges that Planned Parenthood’s safety claim is “manifestly false” and “badly misleads the women who seek information about the safety and risks of chemical abortion.”
The lawsuit relies in part on research conducted by anti-abortion groups such as the Ethics & Public Policy Center, which bills itself on its website as the “premier institute working to apply the riches of the Jewish and Christian traditions to contemporary questions of law, culture, and politics, in pursuit of...
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