Though prescription label downplays risks, he said “it’s alarming.”
By Catholics for Catholics
The head of the Department of Health and Human Services told legislators that he has requested the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to do a “complete review” of the abortion pill, according to The Daily Wire.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement on Wednesday was well received by pro-life proponents, who previously wondered how the former Democrat would respond to abortion-related issues, having formerly said that while he believes every abortion is a “tragedy,” the issue is “more nuanced and complex.”
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) asked RFK Jr. if he was aware of a new analysis from the Ethics & Public Policy Center specifying that mifepristone is several times more dangerous than the FDA says on the label for the abortion pill, and he said he was.
“It’s alarming,” RFK Jr. told Hawley during a Senate committee hearing.
“Clearly, it indicates that at the very least the label should be changed,” he said. “I’ve asked Marty Makary, who’s the director of the FDA, to do a complete review and to report back.” RFK Jr. also said that he did not yet have a sense of the timeline of the review.
Last month an analysis found that more than one in 10 women underwent a “serious adverse event” after taking the mifepristone abortion pill in 2023. This can include an emergency room visit, hemorrhaging, needing a blood transfusion and even deadly conditions like sepsis, reported Dailywire.com
That is about 22 times higher than what the FDA listed on its label for the brand Mifeprex in 2023. The FDA cited clinical studies saying less than 0.5% of women suffered “serious adverse reactions” to mifepristone.
In the meantime, more than one in 20 women require a second abortion endeavor after the abortion pill fails, another analysis of insurance claim data released this week showed.
Ryan Anderson, President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and one of the authors of the analysis, told The Daily Wire, “we’re very thankful for this announcement from Secretary Kennedy. We encourage the FDA to conduct its own study to best ensure that women are given an honest and clear presentation of the dangers of the abortion pill.”
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