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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Facebook) During a press event Tuesday, Secretary Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary announced a series of new measures to phase out all petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the nation’s food supply—a significant milestone in the administration’s initiative to Make America Healthy Again.
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Safety regulations on abortion pills have been increasingly relaxed in recent years, and now, a group of 22 attorneys general have sent a letter to the FDA asking for the previous protocols to be reinstated.
Key Takeaways:
The Obama administration began weakening the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation System (REMS) safety requirements for mifepristone (the abortion pill) in 2016.
This trend continued with the Biden-Harris administration, with abortion pills even more readily available through mail-order and retail pharmacy distribution.
Recent analysis found the complication rate for chemical abortions is significantly higher than previously reported.
Now, 22 attorneys general have sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) head Martin Makary demanding the pre-2016 REMS requirements be reinstated.
The Details:
According to Fox News, a coalition of 22 Republican attorneys general, led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, sent a letter to Kennedy and Makary requesting that the previous REMS requirements be reinstated, citing a recent analysis from the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), which found that women experience serious adverse complications at a rate 22 times higher than the rate reported on the FDA label for abortion pills. …
