'Why Is It Taking So Long'? Senate Health Chair Urges Immediate FDA Action on Abortion Pill

Junk In, Junk Out: What to Expect From the Senate HELP Committee Hearing on Medication Abortion

On Jan. 14, the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing framed as an inquiry into the safety of medication abortion. In reality, it will be an opportunity for the committee’s antiabortion majority to showcase junk science and misleading narratives to undermine access to mifepristone—the first of two drugs in a commonly used medication abortion and miscarriage care regimens.  The post Junk In, Junk Out…

‘Why Is It Taking So Long’? Senate Health Chair Cassidy Urges Immediate FDA Action on Abortion Pill

(By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell/Daily Signal) – The Food and Drug Administration should “immediately” restore in-person dispensing requirements for the abortion pill, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., told The Daily Signal. The senator cited safety concerns in pressing the administration to act. “You don’t have to have a review to know that if a woman has an […] The post ‘Why Is It Taking So Long’? Senate Health Chair Cassidy Urges Immediate FDA Action …

'Why Is It Taking So Long'? Senate Health Chair Urges Immediate FDA Action on Abortion Pill

The Food and Drug Administration should “immediately” restore in-person dispensing requirements for the abortion pill, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., told The Daily Signal. The senator cited safety concerns in pressing the administration to act. “You don’t have to have a review to know that if a woman has an ectopic pregnancy, she’s gonna have a problem,” Cassidy said. “You don’t have to have a review to know that there’s documented cases of people c…

Senate Hearing Will Focus on How Abortion Pills Hurt Women

The Senate is set to probe the risks of chemical abortion drugs that pro-life advocates say are not only ending the lives of unborn children but also severely harming thousands of women. A hearing tomorrow is aimed at exposing the dangers of the widely used abortion pill that has killed millions of babies and injured thousands of women. Led by Sen. Bill Cassidy, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, the session …