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GOP lawmakers slam FDA abortion pill approval

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04.10.2025
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Fallout persists from abortion pill approval

The Food and Drug Administration is facing new pressure from lawmakers and anti-abortion groups, who are feeling betrayed after the agency approved a second generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone.

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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Marty Makary on Friday demanding information about how the drug was approved and what role he personally played in the process.

“This decision appears to ignore the science while advancing a highly questionable ideological agenda. And I fear this decision may render moot your promise to conduct a safety review of mifepristone,” Hawley wrote.

Hawley’s letter was preceded by a post on X stating that he had “lost confidence in the leadership” at FDA.

“The FDA approving one more tool to kill babies is a betrayal,” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) wrote on X. “This is not what Commissioner Makary and Secretary Kennedy indicated they would do in their confirmation hearings.”

A group of House conservatives called on Kennedy to fire the division leaders responsible for greenlighting the drug as part of any shutdown-related layoffs.

“It is clear that rogue actors within the FDA are working to undermine both the sanctity of life and the Administration’s commitment........

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