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Hawley introduces bill to remove FDA approval for Mifepristone
The bill would ban mifepristone for abortion use and allow women who took it to sue drugmakers, citing safety concerns and reports of serious complications, with 100,000 abortions monthly in 2025.
- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., announced the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortions Act at a Washington news conference with women who testified about complications, aiming to withdraw FDA approval of mifepristone and allow lawsuits against manufacturers.
- Hawley has argued Congress must legislate after clashing with the FDA and accused Commissioner Marty Makary of slow-rolling a safety review, while supporters cited women who reported complications including Shanyce Thomas, who was put on life support.
- The FDA in 2021 removed an in‑person requirement for mifepristone, enabling mail‑order distribution across state lines, while the Guttmacher Institute reports nearly 100,000 monthly abortions in 2025.
- Last week, the Justice Department moved to dismiss Missouri v. FDA and asked courts to pause efforts to block mail-order mifepristone while Rosalie Markezich and others continue suing the FDA.
- Patient accounts and cross‑state deliveries highlight broader access tensions, as witnesses described gaps in care and 17 states with laws protecting unborn life still face FDA-permitted mifepristone deliveries.
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Sen. Josh Hawley calls for ban on abortion pill as critics cite decades of safety research
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is pushing to ban the commonly used abortion pill mifepristone. On Wednesday, Hawley unveiled the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act, during a press conference in Washington, with a companion bill expected to be introduced in the House by Tennessee Rep. Diana Harshbarger. Hawley’s proposed bill would withdraw approval of mifepristone for abortion under the U.S. Food and Drug …
Hawley Introduces Bill to Ban Major Abortion Pill
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced legislation Wednesday that would end the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the medication mifepristone to end pregnancies. The bill would preserve its use for Cushing’s syndrome, and would allow women alleging harm from the medication to sue its manufacturer. “We’ve known for years that mifepristone is risky but it’s really just in the last few years that we’ve learned that this drug is inherentl…
Josh Hawley rolls out bill to nix FDA approval for mifepristone, used for almost two-thirds of US abortions
Sen. Josh Hawley rolled out longshot legislation to scrap the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone, part of a two drug regimen that is responsible for the majority of abortions in the US.
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The Gateway PunditNew Bill to Ban Abortion Pill Hits Senate
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri on Wednesday announced he is introducing a bill that would ban the abortion pill on the grounds that it is a danger to the […] The post New Bill to Ban Abortion Pill Hits Senate appeared first on The Western Journal.
GOP Sen. Josh Hawley Introduces Bill That Would Ban Abortion Pills
The bill would withdraw the FDA's approval of mifepristone for abortion, make distributing and labeling mifepristone for pregnancy termination a violation of federal law, and empower women who believe they have been harmed by abortion drugs to sue the manufacturers for damages. The post GOP Sen. Josh Hawley Introduces Bill That Would Ban Abortion Pills appeared first on Breitbart.
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