Pro-life groups are suing the FDA because it allowed a potentially lethal abortion medication to be sold.
A case filed by four medical groups at the national level and four individual physicians alleges that the Food and Medicine Administration “illegally” authorized a drug despite knowing it poses a risk to female patients.
This dangerous medicine, mifepristone, was approved by the FDA despite a lawsuit brought in Texas by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative organization. They also claim the FDA did not perform enough research on the medicine and that it is dangerous.
In approving chemical abortion medications for use in the United States, the FDA “failed America’s women and girls,” according to the complaint.
The organization claims the abortion pill’s rapid approval was ensured by the FDA’s classification of pregnancy as an “illness” and the drug’s “meaningful therapeutic value.”
“Pregnancy is not a sickness, and chemical abortion medications do not provide a therapeutic benefit—they take a baby’s life, and they pose significant and life-threatening risks to the mother,” stated ADF Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake.
The FDA approved the pill for usage into the tenth week of pregnancy in 2016, and it may be sent by mail in states where this is legal.
Despite the ongoing legal challenge, nine Democrats in the Senate called on the FDA on Friday to conclude its work and permanently enable mail-order delivery of abortion pills and make other adjustments to improve access to the drug.