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Senate Committee Hearing Highlights Women’s Injuries From Abortion Pill, by Nancy Flanders – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing on Wednesday discussing the importance of protecting women from the serious risks of mifepristone, the first drug in the two-drug abortion pill regimen. The regimen was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2000 under President Clinton.

Key Takeaways:

The Senate HELP Committee met on Wednesday to discuss the regulation of mifepristone, the first drug of the abortion pill regimen.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, committee chair, opened the hearing with statistics on injuries caused by mifepristone as well as stories of the traumatic experiences of women who took the drug.
Pro-abortion witness, Dr. Nisha Verma, claimed that injuries are the result of pro-life laws, not the drug.
The hearing ended similarly to how it began. Pro-lifers continue to push for stricter regulations on telehealth and online abortion pill access. Pro-abortion committee members and witnesses continue to insist mifepristone is safe despite recent studies concluding otherwise. …

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