Mifepristone News

The Daily Signal reports on mifepristone with pro-life coverage of the abortion pill, FDA approval battles, chemical abortion regulations, safety concerns, state restrictions, and the fight to protect women and unborn children from dangerous mail-order abortion drugs.
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    RFK Says FDA Was ‘Required’ to Approve Abortion Drug
    Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new abortion pill only because of a federal law requirement. In a post on X Thursday evening, Kennedy said the FDA, which is part of HHS, “only approved a second, generic mifepristone tablet because federal…
    Mary Mobley
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    25 Years Later: Abortion Pill Devastation Only Gets Worse
    On Sept. 28, 2000, the Food and Drug Administration approved the abortion pill mifepristone. Twenty-five years later, the devastation is hard to fully capture. In the wake of mifepristone’s approval, millions of unborn children have been lost—reversing the enduring long-term decline of abortion in America. Meanwhile, their mothers suffered immeasurable harms—emotionally, physically, and spiritually. And…
    Melanie Israel
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    FDA Confirms Abortion Pill Review
    The abortion drug mifepristone will finally receive much-requested scrutiny by the Trump administration, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary promised Republican attorneys general. After decades of pro-abortion administrations gradually loosening every last safeguard, the Trump administration’s FDA will conduct “its own review of the evidence, including…
    Joshua Arnold
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    EXCLUSIVE: Lawmaker Aims to Give Babies Faced With Being Aborted a ‘Second Chance at Life’   
    Rep. August Pfluger is working to give babies who face being aborted a “second chance at life.”   The Texas Republican congressman is introducing a bill requiring abortion pill providers to inform women seeking such an abortion that it is possible to reverse the effects of the drug if they change their mind about the…
    Virginia Allen
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    EXCLUSIVE: Senators Ask AG Bondi to Investigate If Abortion Pill Manufacturers Deceived Women
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Three Republican senators are asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate whether drug manufacturers misrepresented the abortion pill’s safety and efficacy. “We write to you regarding a serious public health failure that endangers countless American women,” a letter obtained by The Daily Signal reads. “In light of new data, we request…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Counting the Wins: Looking Back on Pro-Life Victories
    Thanks to the radical abortion industry, the pro-life movement consistently faces a seemingly unending slew of challenges—but nonetheless, it’s made hard-won progress this year. Today, one of the greatest challenges the movement faces is the growing prevalence of the abortion pill. This crisis ends the lives of thousands of innocent unborn children each year and…
    Elizabeth Weiss | Melanie Israel
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    EXCLUSIVE: Think Tank Asks FDA for Documents About Abortion Pill
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Former Vice President Mike Pence’s think tank formally asked the Food and Drug Administration on Friday to turn over documents related to the dangers of the abortion pill, mifepristone. Pence’s think tank, Advancing American Freedom, believes that the FDA took illegal shortcuts under previous administrations that led to its approval of…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    How Easy Is It to Order an Abortion Pill? The Answer Is Shocking.
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION: In as little as five minutes, the Daily Caller News Foundation was able to easily order abortion pills opponents argue are unsafe without a doctor adequately verifying key eligibility requirements. Groups that launched online services after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved mail-order abortions will provide the pill under circumstances…
    Katelynn Richardson
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