A federal judge in Texas is allowing three other states to pursue a challenge seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.

A federal judge in Texas ruled that three states can challenge the current rules of accessibility for abortion pills.

The Republican-led states of Idaho, Missouri and Kansas can proceed with a lawsuit seeking to restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone

Trump-appointed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled Thursday that Idaho, Kansas, and Missouri can pursue legal action to prohibit the FDA from allowing online prescriptions.

The Trump-appointed federal judge who unilaterally ordered the FDA to revoke approval of an abortion drug allowed Idaho, Kansas and Missouri to move forward in another lawsuit over mifepristone.

Instead of dismissing the case, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk said three states with no connection to Texas can sue the FDA to try to reimpose restrictions on mifepristone.

File video above: Supreme Court preserves access to abortion medication Mifepristone The states of Idaho, Kansas and Missouri made the request in U.S. District Court in Amarillo, Texas.

Missouri, Kansas and Idaho can press forward with their lawsuit to restrict access to the abortion drug mifepristone, a federal judge ruled Thursday, months after the US Supreme Court had rejected an earlier version of the legal challenge.

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that Missouri, Kansas and Idaho can move ahead with a lawsuit seeking to revamp prescribing and use of the drug. Kaczmaryk, of the Northern District of Texas, has a history of strong anti-abortion views, according to The Washington Post.

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Three states filed a lengthy complaint Thursday in Amarillo federal court reviving the dormant lawsuit challenging looser restrictions on the use of an abortion drug.

Three states will get to proceed with their challenge to the use of an abortion drug - after a ruling by a federal judge in Texas. Idaho, Kansas and Missouri want the FDA to block the drug mifepristone.