WASHINGTON, D.C. — Less than a year after a Teton County judge threw out a ban on the abortion pill as part of a larger victory for pro-choice advocates in Wyoming, the state’s U.S. senators have urged the Food and Drug Administration to cut nationwide access to the drug regimen.

Pro-life U.S. Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis are among 51 Senate Republicans who signed a letter sent last week to the FDA calling for restrictions on mifepristone.

Mifepristone, which the agency first approved 25 years ago, is typically used in tandem with a second drug, misoprostol, to induce abortion. The dual-drug regimen is commonly referred to in the singular as the “abortion pill.”

It is also known as “medication abortion,” and many opponents call it “chemical abortion.” According to Planned Pare

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