(Life News)—The Christ Medicus Foundation is sharpening its call for a federal investigation into the abortion drug mifepristone, warning the drug poses “unthinkable” dangers to women’s health.
In a July 9 statement obtained by CatholicVote, the pro-life health care organization said the FDA’s regulatory approach fails to protect women and requires urgent reform.
“[T]he current federal regulatory approach to mifepristone needs to be overhauled,” Executive Director of Christ Medicus Foundation Louis Brown said. “[W]omen are not being given the opportunity for informed consent to mifepristone, alternatives are not being disclosed, conflicts of interest persist, and patient safety is at serious risk.”
The statement expands on a joint letter sent earlier this week to FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary, co-signed by CatholicVote, Christ Medicus, and more than 100 pro-life groups.
The letter urges a formal investigation into the drug, which now accounts for more than 60% of abortions in the US. Pro-life researchers have long accused the FDA of ignoring mounting evidence of the drug’s dangers after its rushed approval in 2002.
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