{"id":228661,"date":"2020-08-11T08:18:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T13:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=228661"},"modified":"2020-08-12T13:08:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T18:08:20","slug":"federal-government-stop-deadly-abortion-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/federal-government-stop-deadly-abortion-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"The federal government must stop the deadly abortion pill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/08\/the-federal-government-must-stop-the-deadly-abortion-pill\/\">National Review<\/a>)\u00a0<span class=\"drop\">W<\/span><span class=\"small_caps\">hile<\/span> COVID-19 dominates the news cycle, a battle is being fought over a deadly drug that has killed over 3.7 million children and at least 24 women. The drug is Mifeprex \u2014 commonly known as the abortion pill. On July 13, an Obama-appointed federal judge enjoined the Food and Drug Administration requirements governing the prescription of Mifeprex. He <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/judge-covid-19-abortion-pill-office-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ruled<\/a>\u00a0that requiring pregnant women to complete an in-clinic appointment to procure the drugs was a\u00a0\u201csubstantial obstacle\u201d to abortion and was to be suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. This ruling suspends, for the abortion pill, the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/drugs\/drug-safety-and-availability\/risk-evaluation-and-mitigation-strategies-rems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">REMS<\/a>), the FDA\u2019s rules for \u201ccertain medications with serious safety concerns to help ensure the benefits of the medication outweigh its risks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Women procuring abortion drugs without proper education or evaluation are at greater risk of complications and death due to undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy, hemorrhaging, infection, and more.\u00a0This dangerous judicial activism should compel elected officials, entrusted with the care of their constituents, to take a stand when federal agencies jeopardize public health and safety.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/true-story-abortion-pill-dangers-players-drug\/\">\u2018The True Story Behind the Abortion Pill\u2019 details dangers and major players behind the deadly drug<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first drug in the abortion-pill regimen, Mifeprex was approved by the FDA in 2000 after a highly politicized scramble within the Clinton administration.\u00a0Beverly Winikoff is the founder of one of the abortion pill\u2019s loudest proponents, Gynuity Health Projects. Winikoff claimed that the September 11 terrorist attacks \u201csaved\u201d Mifeprex because the nearly 3,000 Americans killed that day overshadowed news of a woman killed by the abortion pill a day prior.\u00a0Mifeprex was designed specifically to kill the developing child and is approved for use up to ten weeks,\u00a0at which point a child has arms, eyelids, toes, fingers, and organs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cpdY97GOK2I\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since the drug\u2019s approval, over 4,000 adverse maternal reactions have been reported to the FDA.\u00a0The FDA acknowledges that adverse reactions are notoriously underreported, and most women experiencing hemorrhaging and severe infections will seek follow-up care at emergency rooms instead of returning to the abortion clinic. Yet emergency rooms are not required to report adverse reactions. And as of 2016, the Obama administration changed the requirement so that abortion-pill manufacturers must report only maternal deaths to the FDA. The number of women seeking blood transfusions and emergency intervention is likely much greater than 4,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/live-action-abortion-pill-kills-deadly-truth\/\">Live Action\u2019s \u2018Abortion Pill Kills\u2019 campaign exposes the deadly truth about the abortion pill<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Mifeprex regimen has unleashed horrors on America\u2019s women and children while providing no medical benefit. Killing innocent children, endangering mothers, and abusing the health-care system to do harm is tragic. And as long as this deadly drug remains on the U.S. market, it will pose a serious health risk.<\/p>\n<p>Pregnancy is not a disease and abortion is not health care. The abortion pill is not medicine. No child deserves to be killed by a drug, and pregnant women deserve better. FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn should acknowledge the subversion of the abortion industry and its allies, which are using a national pandemic to instigate abortion expansions that could remain long after the pandemic is over. The FDA\u00a0should protect the public health of Americans and pull this lethal drug, Mifeprex and its approved generics, from the market immediately.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ted Cruz is a U.S. senator from Texas and a member of the <\/em><em>Senate Committee on the Judiciary.\u00a0<\/em><em>Lila Rose is the president and founder of Live Action, a nonprofit\u00a0human-rights\u00a0organization educating on abortion and the abortion industry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: This article was published at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/08\/the-federal-government-must-stop-the-deadly-abortion-pill\/\">National Review<\/a> and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a> for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(National Review)\u00a0While COVID-19 dominates the news cycle, a battle is being fought over a deadly drug that has killed over 3.7 million children and at least 24 women. 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