Hawley introduces bill to remove FDA approval for Mifepristone

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

03/11/26 5:29 PM ET


Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Wednesday unveiled legislation to remove Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the use of mifepristone to end pregnancies, a bill that has quickly gained the support of major anti-abortion groups.

The legislation is an ambitious undertaking given the drug’s widespread use in the United States, where an estimated 7.5 million women have used it to terminate pregnancies since the FDA approved its use in 2000. It accounted for 63 percent of all abortions in the U.S. in 2023.

But mifepristone, which when combined with the drug misoprostol can end pregnancies at up to 70 days of gestation, has become a major target of the anti-abortion movement. President Trump has sought to satisfy those anti-abortion voices by launching an FDA review of the drug, which has not been completed.

Hawley says the ability of doctors to prescribe the drug across state lines has led to rampant abuse and alleges that incidences of adverse health effects are far more common than the drug’s maker, Danco Laboratories, has acknowledged.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5779756-hawley-fda-approval-mifepristone/

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And someone should introduce legislation to ban Viagara (and it's generics) to keep these dickless morons from trying to spray their defective seed at anything that moves.

[walkingman]

1. Either I have lost touch with reality or that is the stupidest move the GOP could do...

so they think most Americans think the government should tell women what they can and cannot do with their bodies? Really?

[AZ8theist]

2. Sure thing, you FASCIST FUCKWAD......go for ending ALL abortions in America

Because, you know, those women need to produce more babies for your white, Evangelical, racist utopia.



Jeebus I FUCKING HATE these fucking ASSHOLES.

[OldBaldy1701E]

3. Yes.

Apply their desires to show that 'incidences of adverse health effects are far more common than the drug’s maker, Danco Laboratories, has acknowledged.' and apply it to Viagra or any of the other drugs that men love so much.

Let's see what happens...

[Timeflyer]

4. Damn straight.

[FakeNoose]

5. Removing FDA approval does what? .... it won't stop the use or availability of Mifepristone

All it does is stop the government from having any control or oversight in the production of the drug.
We tried this already in 1919 with Prohibition. Remember how that turned out?

[Delmette2.0]

10. Mifepristone is also used to start labor.

Another uninformed decision. More women would have a cesarean operation. How would these men like to have their abdomen cut open when there is an easier, safer way.

[Clouds Passing]

6. These jokers such as Howley aren't going to give up their baby abuse.

[GiqueCee]

7. So Hawley managed...

... to extract his head out of his ass just long enough to make other people's lives even more miserable than they already are under this godforsaken regime. Way to go, Josh.
Malicious shithooks like Hawley claim to be pro-life, but they're really just pro-fetus, or, more accurately, pro-wedge issue. The second they're born, those poor, defenseless babies are on their own. No health insurance, no childcare, no SNAP benefits, pretty soon there'll be no free public education, and forget about college. Hey! Those poor, defenseless billionaires need more tax cuts!

[Grins]

8. So politics over science.

We'll be back to leeches if this continues.

[SergeStorms]

9. If republican men could get pregnant.....

they'd demand Mifepristone be added to every edible and potable substance sold in every store in the country.

They'd fall over each other trying to be the first to Introduce Bills to Congress.

Up yours, Hawley. 🖕