‘Empower women to sue’: U.S. senator goes full throttle to ban abortion drug

Mifepristone, one of two drugs in the cocktail that is used to cause chemical abortions, has Food and Drug Administration approval for that purpose.

But the side effects are numerous and serious. Women have been subjected to its injuries without their knowledge. Deaths have occurred.

And now a plan is being prepared for Congress to consider that would withdraw that approval.

Ban use of the drug for abortion.

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is introducing a new bill to strip FDA approval from the drug, following his legislation proposed just a year ago that would allow women to sue manufacturers profiting off of what Hawley deems an “inherently dangerous” drug.

The Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act was introduced in the Senate on Tuesday.

“The science is clear: the chemical abortion drug is inherently dangerous to women and prone to abuse. Yet major companies like Danco Laboratories are making billions off it,” Hawley told Fox News Digital.

“That’s why I am introducing new legislation to ban the use of mifepristone for abortion and empower women to sue its manufacturers. Congress must act now to protect the health and safety of women.”

The plan not only would withdraw FDA approval but classify its distribution for abortion as a violation of federal law.

It’s especially controversial since Roe v. Wade was debunked by the Supreme Court and some states have taken action to impose significant limits on abortion.

With the drug, a pharmacist can mail the drug into a state without those limitations, without authorities knowing. Doctors there are then left with coping with the negative effects.

Tony Perkins, chief of the Family Research Council, said, “If the FDA will not properly regulate this dangerous drug, then Congress must act to protect women and unborn children from it. The Biden-era policy that enabled the abortion industry to adopt an ‘Amazon-style’ model — shipping abortion drugs directly to doorsteps across America, even into states where unborn life is protected has contributed to a dramatic increase in the killing of unborn children following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, rather than the decrease many expected. I strongly support Senator Hawley’s efforts to uphold the rights of states, protect unborn children, and safeguard the health of mothers.”

Pro-life organizations have complained for some time that the FDA was slow-walking a “review” of its approval of the deadly drug.

Mary Szoch, FRC’s director of the Center for Human Dignity added, “Mifepristone is unlike any other drug approved by the FDA. Instead of restoring and promoting health, mifepristone was approved to kill an innocent child. Moreover, the politically motivated process that resulted in the FDA’s approval of the drug failed to conduct sufficient testing to ensure the safety of those taking it.”

She continued, “The results have been tragic. This drug leaves women alone and in pain as they face the devastating reality that what the abortionists promised was just a clump of cells is clearly their visibly recognizable dead unborn child. While enduring this trauma, women are tasked with assessing whether the excruciating pain and bleeding they are experiencing is normal or is the sign of a life-threatening emergency, and in fact, the most recent studies show that more than 10 percent of women who have used mifepristone experience a serious complication. The FDA must do better. The approval of this drug should be revoked.”