Tue Feb 14, 2023 – 6:24 pm EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Sixty-seven members of Congress signed an amicus brief in support of a pro-life lawsuit against the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for disregarding the law to deregulate chemical abortions, in the process endangering the very women the move was presented as serving.
The Biden administration has taken numerous actions to ease abortion “access” both before and after last June’s overturn of Roe v. Wade, including the FDA eliminating the requirement that abortion pills only be dispensed in-person to the women taking them.
Represented by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), Americans United for Life (AUL) is suing the FDA over the decision, arguing that it “never studied the safety of the drugs under the labeled conditions of use, ignored the potential impacts of the hormone-blocking regimen on the developing bodies of adolescent girls, disregarded the substantial evidence that chemical abortion drugs cause more complications than surgical abortions, and eliminated necessary safeguards for pregnant girls and women who undergo this dangerous drug regimen.”
On Monday, Senate Pro-Life Caucus Chair Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) and Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) announced they are leading an amicus brief in
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