US EditionSenators debate abortion drug risks and effectiveness, request FDA review
The Senate Health Committee hearing featured divided testimony on mifepristone safety and telehealth access amid conservative efforts to tighten abortion restrictions.
- This week, the Senate Health Committee convened its first hearing of the year on mifepristone, holding a two-hour Wednesday session in Washington led by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La.
- Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and other Republicans pressed for restored in-person rules, arguing safety concerns justify limiting telehealth prescribing and decrying insufficient safeguards against coercion.
- Dr. Nisha Verma testified that medication abortion is safe and warned bans threaten access; mifepristone blocks progesterone and is used with misoprostol 24 to 48 hours later.
- Both parties urged health agency leaders to testify, with Republicans pressing for FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary and HHS studying adverse events amid litigation constraints.
- More than 60% of U.S. abortions are medication abortions, raising stakes for access debates, and Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill accused former President Joe Biden of enabling mail distribution via telehealth expansions.
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Catholic News AgencyRepublican senators urge more regulations on abortion pill in Senate hearing
Credit: Carl DMaster/Shutterstock Jan 15, 2026 / 17:10 pm (CNA). As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues its review of the abortion pill mifepristone, Republican lawmakers are repeating calls for stronger federal regulations of the ... [...]
Republicans Want FDA to Put Real Limits on Abortion Pills
The Senate committee overseeing health policy debated abortion pill regulation in a hearing on Wednesday, where some Republicans urged the administration to crack down on easy access to the drug mifepristone. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., who chairs the Senate Committee on Health, Labor, Education and Pensions, criticized a policy instituted under former President Joe Biden and continued under President Donald Trump, which has allowed mifepristone t…
Murrill, Cassidy push for FDA to conclude its abortion pill safety review
Louisiana Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy speaks during a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. Also pictured, from left, are Family Foundation of Virginia President Victoria Cobb, National Association of Christian Lawmakers Founder and President Jason Rapert, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and Missouri Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley. (Photo by J…
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Abortion pill safety review at FDA targeted by frustrated Republicans, advocates
Louisiana Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy speaks during a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. Also pictured, from left, are Family Foundation of Virginia President Victoria Cobb, National Association of Christian Lawmakers Founder and President Jason Rapert, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and Missouri Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley. (Photo by J…
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