Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced Thursday she is expanding the state’s fight against mail-order abortion pills, targeting a recently approved generic version of mifepristone that she argues sends women to hospitals with "life-threatening complications" and is being pushed into the marketplace without "basic medical safeguards."

The filing challenges the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Sept. 30 approval of a generic mifepristone produced by Evita Solutions, arguing that the drug’s risks are "well-documented and worsening with further study."

The lawsuit alleges manufacturers have relied on "weakened safety standards" that were "originally designed to catch dangerous conditions such as ectopic pregnancies," which can only be identified through an in-person medical exam.

"Mifepristone is sending women to the hospital with life-threatening complications, and yet drug companies continue pushing new versions of it into the market without basic medical safeguards," Hanaway said. "Mail-order abortion drugs are dangerous when taken without in-person care, and Missouri will not stand by while manufacturers gamble with women’s lives."

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The case builds on Missouri’s multi-state challenge to what officials allege is the FDA’s "dismantling of critical safety protections" surrounding mifepristone.

Federal law has long banned the mailing of abortion drugs, yet distributors and telehealth networks have built a nationwide system that delivers the pills to women in every state, often without in-person medical screenings or follow-up care.

Missouri, joined by Kansas and Idaho, is asking the court to block the new approval, restore pre-2016 safety standards that required in-person medical evaluations and stop drugmakers and distributors from mailing abortion pills nationwide in violation of federal law.

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Hanaway pointed to the drug’s labeling, which notes that roughly 1 in 25 women who take chemical abortion drugs end up in the emergency room and many suffer hemorrhaging, infection or require surgery. She said complications are even more common when the pills come through the mail without medical oversight.

"No caring physician would call mifepristone ‘as safe as Tylenol,’" she said. "That claim was always false. Women are ending up in emergency rooms, and manufacturers know it. If the FDA is reevaluating the brand-name drug’s safety, then it needs to stop rubber-stamping new mail-order generic versions before more women are hurt."

Hanaway’s filing comes as Republican lawmakers in Washington continue pressing the FDA to tighten oversight of abortion pills and restore safety guardrails rolled back in recent years.

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During a recent press call, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., urged the FDA to "follow the science to put back safety guardrails" and questioned the agency’s partnerships with abortion-pill manufacturers, including Evita Solutions, the company behind the generic drug targeted in Hanaway’s lawsuit.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said he and other Republican senators have demanded answers from the FDA about its decision to approve the new drug but have yet to receive a response.

Evita Solutions did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Fox News Digital’s Leo Briceno contributed to this report.

Jelly Roll is showing off a whole new look.

The 40-year-old "Save Me" singer, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, took to Instagram on Thursday to share his new look, after shaving off his beard, which he has had for over a decade.

"By now you have probably figured out that I look like a ninja turtle," he said in the video. "Crazy. One of the reasons I even started growing a beard is I was so obese, it was just easier to cover up what was happening here."

Fans flooded the comments section with positive messages for the singer, telling him he is an inspiration. "Somebody call Gillette ‘cause Jelly lookin’ SHARP!" one fan wrote, while another added, "You are so deserving, Jelly. You truly are. 🙏."

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"You are an amazing human. You’ve come a long way in the right direction An inspiration for all be proud Brother 🤘💯♥️," a third fan wrote.

His unrecognizable transformation comes after the 2026 Grammy Award nominations were announced. Jelly Roll received three nominations ahead of the award show, including best contemporary country album and best country duo/group performance.

In the video, the singer gets emotional as he discusses what these nominations mean to him, calling it "probably the craziest thing that's ever happened in my life."

"When i made it to my first Grammy of the year i had new artist i thought to myself this is the only time I'll ever be at the Grammys, and to be coming back three years later with more nominations than I've ever had is just...first of all the gratitude."

"I don't care what artists say, I don't care what artists act like, I'm gonna tell you the real truth," he added. "There's not an artist in the world that didn't grow up watching the Grammys when they were a kid and walk in their bedrooms afterwards and rehearse their speech."

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He later held back tears as he embraced his nomination for country album, saying "win, lose or draw, dude, holy f--- we won," referring to him and his team.

Jelly Roll began his weight-loss journey in December 2022, and has been open with his fans about his progress over the years.

In April, he told fans during Pat McAfee's "Big Night AHT" event that he had lost 183 pounds telling a cheering crowd, "I started at 540 pounds. I'm 357 pounds this morning, baby." He added that he wants to lose another 100 pounds so that he could go skydiving with his wife, Bunnie XO.

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The "Church" singer then spoke with Fox News Digital at the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards in May, noting that his biggest challenge when it comes to losing weight is food.

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"If you're really battling obesity, you got to start at the dinner table, man. The walking's great, all the other stuff's great, but you got to fight that addiction at the dinner table," he said.

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In September, Jelly Roll celebrated another major weight-loss milestone, sharing with his Instagram followers that he can now fit into designer clothes, joking with his fans to "Pray for my bank account."