FACT SHEET: Information on Maria Lanahan, Trump's nominee to the U.S. district court for the eastern district of Missouri

Vehement Defense of Missouri’s Abortion Restrictions

• Lanahan is an attorney on Missouri’s effort to revive the case challenging the FDA’s approval of mifepristone and requesting additional restrictions on the abortion drug. The Trump administration recently called for the lawsuit to be thrown out due to Missouri’s lack of standing in the clearly judge-shopped case, which was filed in Amarillo, Texas.

• Lanahan defended Missouri’s abortion restrictions against a challenge from religious leaders

Leading Missouri’s Right-wing Extremism

• After three state labor unions filed a lawsuit defending their existing contracts from a new state law stripping employees of employment protections, Lanahan argued in favor of the law, calling on unions to negotiate a new contract. 

• Lanahan represented Missouri in a lawsuit filed in Amarillo, Texas, to block the Biden administration’s rule permitting ESG considerations in investment plans.

• Lanahan also joined the proceedings of another lawsuit filed in Amarillo challenging the Biden administration’s decision to end the “remain in Mexico” immigration policy.