(Life News) Last week, Amna Nawaz of PBS News asked Dr. Marty Makary, new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, if he planned to impose restrictions on the distribution and use of mifepristone and misoprostol in chemical abortions. The FDA approved mifepristone for chemical abortions in 2000, after a selective, limited study determined that it was “safe and effective.” Since 2016, citing that conclusion, the FDA eroded all safeguards on chemical abortions. Today, chemical abortions can be prescribed in every state, without an in-person visit, by someone who is not a physician, and distributed through the mail. Women self-administer the abortion drusg at home without a required follow-up visit. Clinics or administrating entities are not required to report adverse effects.
Even so, Dr. Makary said that he “ha(d) no plans to take action on mifepristone,” but then added:
I believe as a scientist, you got to evolve as the data comes in. (Read More)
