{"id":286222,"date":"2023-03-06T20:34:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T02:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=286222"},"modified":"2023-03-06T17:02:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T23:02:24","slug":"bad-actors-money-trail-abortion-pill-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/bad-actors-money-trail-abortion-pill-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"BAD ACTORS: Abortion pill&#8217;s money trail reveals corruption and conflicts of interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: This article is the seventh installment in a series. Previous articles can be read here: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/bad-actors-industry-abortion-pill-fda-limits\/\">Bad Actors #1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/bad-actors-abortion-pill-fda-ectopic\/\">Bad Actors #2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/bad-actors-failure-prone-abortion-drug\/\">Bad Actors #3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/bad-actors-industry-abortion-pills-arent-pregnant\/\">Bad Actors #4<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/bad-actors-industry-fda-rules-risking-safety\/\">Bad Actors #5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/bad-actors-conceal-abortion-pill-complications\/\">Bad Actors #6<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn the truth about potential corruption, the way to do that is to &#8220;follow the money.&#8221; The abortion industry is no different, especially when it comes to the money behind the abortion pill.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past two decades, an <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/tangled-web-money-deception-abortion-pill\/\">incestuous abortion pill funding trail<\/a>\u00a0has led from investors in abortion pill manufacturer Danco Laboratories and its generic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/generic-abortion-pill-genbiopro-nationwide-market\/\">GenBioPro<\/a>\u00a0to various groups, location sites, and sponsors behind abortion pill\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/expand-access-abortion-pill-tied-eugenics\/\">clinical trials<\/a><\/u> and studies which claim to show the abortion pill&#8217;s safety and effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>The Live Action News &#8220;Bad Actors&#8221; series has documented the ways that abortion industry power players have failed to comply with the strict safety requirements in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration&#8217;s (FDA) REMS safety system placed on the abortion pill, mifepristone. The series shows how the abortion industry:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prescribes the abortion pill past FDA-approved limits.<\/li>\n<li>Fails to rule out dangerous ectopic pregnancies before administering the abortion pill.<\/li>\n<li>Is utilizing a one-drug \u2018misoprostol-only\u2019 abortion regimen.<\/li>\n<li>Has implemented regimen changes in disregard of the FDA\u2019s approved safety protocols.<\/li>\n<li>Is prescribing or promoting abortion pills to non-pregnant women in violation of FDA safety requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Hides abortion pill complications by advising women to lie and ERs to falsify reports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But possibly the most underreported information so far is that of the funding streams that all seem to point back to investors in the abortion pill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/walgreens-cvs-petition\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-283198\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--700x180.jpg\" alt=\"Walgreens CVS banner\" width=\"700\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--700x180.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--768x197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--500x128.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Live Action News has documented how, from the <u><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-pill-secrecy-women-deserve-truth\/\">outset<\/a><\/u>, Danco\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/danco-spokesperson-secret-manufactures-abortion-pills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manufacturing location<\/a>, executives, company structure, and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\">original investors<\/a> have been <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\">shrouded in secrecy<\/a>, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/tangled-web-money-deception-abortion-pill\/\">exception of<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/tangled-web-money-deception-abortion-pill\/\"> a select few<\/a> like the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaroleNovielli\/status\/1628441678490005509\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David and Lucile Packard Foundation<\/a>, the Susan Thompson\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB968103355754057093\">Buffett Foundation<\/a>, and billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everycrsreport.com\/files\/20010223_RL30866_c6c423f682c56ed7c586755595c02d5202ddf6bd.pdf\">George Soros<\/a>&#8216; Open Society Foundations.<\/p>\n<p>Additional investors were recently unveiled by Mother Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2023\/01\/abortion-pill-mifepristone-mifeprex-roe-dobbs-private-equity\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Packard Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1996, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaroleNovielli\/status\/1628441678490005509\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David and Lucile Packard Foundation<\/a>\u00a0invested<a href=\"https:\/\/www.packard.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Packard_MIR_2015OCT51.pdf\"> $14.2 million<\/a> in Danco. Packard is also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-pill-investor-millions-generic-company\/\">investing<\/a> millions in the generic version of the drug made by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/women-die-abortion-pill-fda-generic\/\">GenBioPro<\/a>, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>But the foundation is also funding clinical trial sponsors, study sites, and authors as well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_285949\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-285949\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-285949 \" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Packard-seeded-Danco-with-14M-in-early-days-2014-AR.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Abortion Pill Funding: Packard Foundation seeded Danco with $14M in early days 2014 AR\" width=\"720\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Packard-seeded-Danco-with-14M-in-early-days-2014-AR.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Packard-seeded-Danco-with-14M-in-early-days-2014-AR-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Packard-seeded-Danco-with-14M-in-early-days-2014-AR-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Packard-seeded-Danco-with-14M-in-early-days-2014-AR-700x442.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Packard-seeded-Danco-with-14M-in-early-days-2014-AR-500x316.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-285949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Packard Foundation seeded Danco with $14M in early days 2014 AR<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Packard funds the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.packard.org\/?s=%22National+Abortion+Federation%22&amp;post_filter%5B%5D=grant\">National Abortion Federation (NAF)<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.packard.org\/what-we-fund\/grants-database\/?grant_keyword=NARAL&amp;program_area=Population+and+Reproductive+Health&amp;award_amount=All+Amounts&amp;award_year=All+Years\">\u00a0NARAL<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantmakers.io\/profiles\/v0\/476032365-susan-thompson-buffett-foundation\/?query=population%20council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Population Council<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 the last of which brought the drug to the U.S. and set up Danco.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantmakers.io\/profiles\/v0\/476032365-susan-thompson-buffett-foundation\/?query=gynuity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">substantial donor<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.packard.org\/?s=Planned+Parenthood+&amp;post_filter%5B%5D=grant\">Planned Parenthood<\/a>\u00a0(which was a location site of abortion pill trials) as well as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ecorp.sos.ga.gov\/BusinessSearch\/BusinessFilings\" rel=\"noopener\">FemHealth<\/a>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgiacorps.com\/company\/2146224\/femhealth-usa-inc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">operates<\/a> in the U.S. under the name\u00a0Carafem.\u00a0FemHealth is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221007171417\/https:\/\/2umya83uy24b2nu5ug2708w5-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DKT-2018-12-AUDIT-Final-FS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">division<\/a>\u00a0of the Gates Foundation-<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/funded-bill-gates-abortion-pill-worldwide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funded<\/a>\u00a0group DKT International, which ships abortion pills internationally. DKT\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/funded-bill-gates-abortion-pill-worldwide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">may be providing<\/a>\u00a0abortion drugs to Aid Access, which ships abortion drugs to the U.S.\u00a0<em>without<\/em>\u00a0FDA approval.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Gynuity Health Projects (a.k.a.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200617185441\/https:\/\/www.packard.org\/grants-and-investments\/grants-database\/ghp-solutions-llc-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GHP Solutions<\/a>\u00a0LLC), a sponsor of abortion pill\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-pill-trial-expands-thwart-fda-safety\/\">clinical trials<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/study-funded-abortion-pill-investor-buffett-foundation\/\">studies<\/a>\u00a0(including the mail-order <a href=\"https:\/\/telabortion.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TelAbortion trial)<\/a>\u00a0has been <a href=\"https:\/\/gynuity.org\/donors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funded<\/a> by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantmakers.io\/profiles\/v0\/942278431-david-and-lucile-packard-foundation\/?query=GHP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Packard Foundation<\/a>\u00a0as has\u00a0the University of California system, another study\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantmakers.io\/profiles\/v0\/476032365-susan-thompson-buffett-foundation\/?query=University%20of%20California\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sponsor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_221740\" style=\"width: 757px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-221740\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-221740\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Gynuity-Health-Foundation-funded-by-Gates-Foundation-Packard-Ibis-Tara-Health-Planned-Parenthood-e1592013952963.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Gynuity Health Foundation funded by Gates Foundation Packard Ibis Tara Health Planned Parenthood\" width=\"747\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Gynuity-Health-Foundation-funded-by-Gates-Foundation-Packard-Ibis-Tara-Health-Planned-Parenthood-e1592013952963.jpg 941w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Gynuity-Health-Foundation-funded-by-Gates-Foundation-Packard-Ibis-Tara-Health-Planned-Parenthood-e1592013952963-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Gynuity-Health-Foundation-funded-by-Gates-Foundation-Packard-Ibis-Tara-Health-Planned-Parenthood-e1592013952963-768x668.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Gynuity-Health-Foundation-funded-by-Gates-Foundation-Packard-Ibis-Tara-Health-Planned-Parenthood-e1592013952963-700x609.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Gynuity-Health-Foundation-funded-by-Gates-Foundation-Packard-Ibis-Tara-Health-Planned-Parenthood-e1592013952963-500x435.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-221740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gynuity Health Foundation funded by Gates Foundation Packard Ibis Tara Health Planned Parenthood<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Buffett Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\">The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (operated by billionaire Warren Buffett)\u00a0also funded Danco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\">On September 5, 2000, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB968103355754057093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>, &#8220;As it turns out, for-profit Danco and its nonprofit partner, the Population Council Inc., a New York-based organization that promotes family planning world-wide, have received grants and loans to develop mifepristone from some prominent investors, including foundations set up by Warren Buffett, George Soros and the late David Packard [co-founder of Hewlett-Packard].&#8221; That account was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2000\/HEALTH\/women\/09\/28\/abortion.pill.danco.reut\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">later mentioned<\/a> by CNN News.<\/p>\n<p>In 2000, the Washington Post\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/politics\/2000\/10\/12\/drugs-us-marketer-remains-elusive\/8b7b732b-0f23-4c96-9051-714cd3d9f6f8\/\">wrote<\/a>, \u201cThe Buffett Foundation\u2026 made at least $2 million in interest-free loans to the Population Council\u2026 according to tax documents filed in 1995. That money was in turn used to conduct clinical trials of RU-486 [the abortion pill].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/investor-warren-buffett-church-illegal-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buffett Foundation<\/a> dollars\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/990s.foundationcenter.org\/990pf_pdf_archive\/476\/476032365\/476032365_201412_990PF.pdf\">flow<\/a>\u00a0to Planned Parenthood, a location site of many abortion pill trials, as well as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantmakers.io\/profiles\/v0\/476032365-susan-thompson-buffett-foundation\/?query=gynuity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gynuity Health Projects<\/a>.\u00a0Buffett also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaroleNovielli\/status\/1628434899702087686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funded<\/a> the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantmakers.io\/search\/grants\/?query=Population%20Council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Population Council<\/a>, which brought the abortion pill to the U.S. and helped to establish Danco.<\/p>\n<p>Buffett\u00a0is also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190613012041\/https:\/\/www.ucop.edu\/institutional-research-academic-planning\/_files\/non-profit-research-funding.pdf\">investing<\/a>\u00a0in the University of California system, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/ct2\/show\/NCT03320057?term=mifepristone%2C+grossman&amp;cond=abortion&amp;draw=2&amp;rank=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collaborator<\/a>\u00a0in abortion pill clinical trials. In past years, Buffett\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190613012041\/https:\/\/www.ucop.edu\/institutional-research-academic-planning\/_files\/non-profit-research-funding.pdf\">gave<\/a>\u00a0$78 million to UC \u2014 and according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/18\/magazine\/18abortion-t.html\">New York Times<\/a>, Buffett is the <em>primary financier<\/em> of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/paying-millions-abortion-training-taxpayers\/\">Bixby Center\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0Ryan Residency Program at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/whos-who-abortion-pill-reversal-study\/\">UCSF<\/a>, where abortionists are trained.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantmakers.io\/profiles\/v0\/476032365-susan-thompson-buffett-foundation\/?query=gynuity\">Buffett<\/a> and Packard Foundations finance\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/study-funded-abortion-pill-investor-buffett-foundation\/\">studies<\/a> used to convince the public that abortion is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/follow-money-people-abortion-safe-financial-reasons\/\">safe<\/a>, yet the media fails to point out any\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-industry-financial-conflicts-interest-politicians-media\/\">conflicts of interest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>George Soros<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaroleNovielli\/status\/1628438520225320960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Soros<\/a> is also one of the abortion pill\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/tangled-web-money-deception-abortion-pill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">few investors<\/a>\u00a0to have been made public. Soros has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/grants\/past?filter_keyword=University+of+California\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pumped millions of dollars<\/a> into the University of California and has funded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/grants\/past?filter_keyword=planned+parenthood+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/grants\/past?filter_keyword=Gynuity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gynuity Health Projects.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Potential <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-industry-financial-conflicts-interest-politicians-media\/\">conflicts of interest<\/a>\u00a0also exist among industry spokespersons and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/media-abortion-experts-payroll-manufacturers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study authors<\/a> who <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/study-author-mail-order-abortion-pill-paid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claim<\/a> the abortion pill is \u201csafe,\u201d as several have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/media-abortion-experts-payroll-manufacturers\/\">openly disclosed<\/a> being on the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/media-abortion-experts-payroll-manufacturers\/\">payroll<\/a> of Danco or GenBioPro.<\/p>\n<p>In just one example, Dr. Daniel Grossman,\u00a0a principal\u00a0investigator\u00a0in abortion pill clinical trials, including those for pharmacy dispensing, is also a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ibisreproductivehealth.org\/people\/grossman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">senior adviser<\/a>\u00a0at Ibis Reproductive Health which \u2014\u00a0as recently as 2020 \u2014\u00a0was\u00a0<em>directly<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200130190128\/https:\/\/ibisreproductivehealth.org\/funders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funded<\/a>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danco Laboratories<\/a>\u00a0and is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibisreproductivehealth.org\/funders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">currently funded<\/a>\u00a0by the Packard Foundation, a large investor in Danco.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to tainted funding, there is <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/fda-hiding-names-experts-reviewed-abortion-pill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evidence<\/a> that the FDA has kept secret the experts who reviewed the studies the agency relied upon for approval of the abortion drug in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>And while abortion pill investor dollars potentially taint the claim that the drug is safe, pro-abortion media allies remain silent. Read a\u00a0detailed summary at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/tangled-web-money-deception-abortion-pill\/\">Live Action News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/give.liveaction.org\/general-donation\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_campaign=monthly&amp;utm_content=article\"><i><strong>Did you know that as little as $10 a month is enough to reach more than 3,000 people with the truth about abortion that no one else is telling them? Click here to start saving lives 365 days a year.<\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s Note: This article is the seventh installment in a series. Previous articles can be read here: Bad Actors #1, Bad Actors #2, Bad Actors #3, Bad Actors #4, Bad Actors #5, Bad Actors #6. 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