{"id":288917,"date":"2023-04-11T16:37:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T21:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=288917"},"modified":"2023-04-14T13:48:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T18:48:11","slug":"poll-fda-abortion-pill-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/poll-fda-abortion-pill-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Most Americans distrust FDA’s abortion pill approval process"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new poll from CRC Research<\/a>, commissioned by Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America<\/a>, surveyed 1,600 registered voters on their views about the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s (FDA) approval of mifepristone, the first drug of the abortion pill regimen. The poll found that most Americans think the FDA approved the drug too hastily.<\/p>\n

The survey asked questions such as, “Do you agree or disagree that the FDA should have performed studies before approving the drug for girls under 18?” Overwhelmingly, respondents answered yes (75%), with a combined total of 25% of respondents saying “no” or “unsure.”<\/p>\n

The demographics of the poll respondents were fairly even: the gender breakdown was 48% men to 52% women, and the political party breakdown was 30% Republican, 34% Independent, and 36% Democrat.<\/p>\n

Last week, District Court Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk issued a ruling<\/a> overturning the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, originally approved for use in the United States in the year 2000. The Biden administration quickly filed an appeal opposing the decision with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n

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Doctors involved in the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)<\/em> case argued<\/a> that the FDA ignored safety when it approved mifepristone and that there have been a large number of complications as a result. Alliance Defending Freedom senior counsel Erik Baptist said in a press conference that the FDA fast-tracked approval for RU-486.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FDA never studied the safety of the drug regimen and disregarded clear evidence that the pills cause life threatening complications. As a result of ignoring the science, women and girls became victims of the FDA\u2019s reckless, agenda-driven approval,” he said, adding, “To add to this problem, the FDA did not have any evidence or studies on the potential harms of the drug regimen before approving it.”<\/p>\n