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TALLAHASSEE — Florida and Texas have filed a lawsuit challenging more than two decades of federal-government decisions that cleared the way for the use of abortion drugs — and said the availability of the drugs through the mail has interfered with state laws designed to prevent abortions.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Wichita Falls, Texas, by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges that decisions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration dating back to 2000 were “arbitrary, capricious” and an “abuse of discretion” and should be rejected.

“The United States Food and Drug Administration is responsible for ‘protect(ing) the public health by ensuring that … drugs are safe and effective

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