Tue Apr 25, 2023 – 6:45 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — Republican U.S. Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey, co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, denounced the FDA’s “illegal approval process” for the abortion pill that’s at the center of last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow the lethal drug to remain on the market as a lawsuit proceeds through the lower courts.
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The pro-abortion ruling, which was not explained, was decided in a 7-2 vote, with Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito as the dissenting voices. In an April 21 press release responding to the decision, Smith said, “Attention now turns to the Fifth Circuit Court, which is set to hear oral arguments on the merits of the case regarding the Federal Drug Administration’s (FDA) illegal approval process for mifepristone.”
Smith highlighted the fact that the way the abortion pill works is to literally starve the baby to death, carrying with it further risks to the health of the mother. “Mifepristone was created to starve unborn babies to death — that’s how it works — and poses significant risks to the mother’s health,”
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