Andrew Bailey's lawsuit, filed in Cole County Circuit Court, claims that Planned Parenthood is downplaying the safety issues of mifepristone. Planned Parenthood responded that Bailey has repeatedly "spread lies and disinformation to push his own anti-abortion agenda.

The Missouri lawsuit says Planned Parenthood is lying about the safety of medical abortions to “cut costs and boost revenue,” and the abortion provider is in violation of consumer-protection

The lawsuit argues Planned Parenthood's national organization has misled consumers about the safety of mifepristone, which is used in a regimen with another drug to expel a pregnancy.