"We've long known that the conservative right is working hard to take bodily autonomy away from women even though the majority of Americans believe in abortion rights. Up to this point, Republicans have been largely waging their war against choice in courtrooms, but now it seems that they are now going to use federal agencies, like the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Health and Human Services (HHS) to limit access to abortion medications - starting with with abortion drug mifepristone."
""We're getting data in all the time," he said in reply to a question poised by Republican Senator James Lankford about the abortion pill. "New data that we're reviewing. And we know that during the Biden administration, they actually twisted the data to bury one of the safety signals, a very high safety signal, around 11%. We're gonna make sure that doesn't happen any more.""
"While this sounds concerning, the paper is not peer-reviewed (a gold standard in the medical study space) and was never published in a medical journal (like most valid studies are). Also, many medical professionals have spoken up about the flaws in the study, such as the fact that it included people with ectopic pregnancies. In addition, a huge, huge volume of studies over many years have found mifepristone to be safe and effective; the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved it for use 25 years ago."
Conservative efforts are shifting from court-based challenges to using federal agencies like CDC and HHS to limit access to abortion medications, targeting mifepristone. Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the department is reviewing new data and alleged that the Biden administration had twisted data to bury a safety signal around 11%. The cited paper from the Ethics and Public Policy Center reported almost 11% of women suffering sepsis and hemorrhaging within 45 days of taking mifepristone. That paper is not peer-reviewed and was never published in a medical journal. Medical professionals have criticized methodological flaws, including the inclusion of ectopic pregnancies. A large volume of long-term studies and FDA approval 25 years ago support mifepristone's safety and effectiveness.
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