PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Pacific Northwest leaders are among those challenging U.S. regulators’ restrictions on mifepristone, one of two oral medications used to terminate pregnancies.

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown and Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined attorneys general in 15 other states, and Washington, D.C., in supporting a petition against the restrictions enforced by the Food and Drug Administration.

Massachusetts, California, New Jersey and New York first filed a petition against the FDA’s Mifepristone Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Program in early June. The department requires health care providers to be certified under the federal program in order to prescribe the abortion pill, and requires patients to review and sign an agreement form that is also si

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