Bill introduced by Senator Josh Hawley to protect women from chemical abortion
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, on March 11 announced legislation to ban the chemical abortion drug mifepristone, citing safety concerns for women.
Protection of Women from Chemical Abortion Actwhich is widely supported By life-affirming groups, the FDA’s approval for the use of mifepristone for chemical abortion would be withdrawn as well as “a federal tort for harms caused to women caused by chemical abortion drugs” would be instituted. This would allow women who have been harmed by the drug to bring claims against the US government in relation to mifepristone. Mifepristone is also used for the management of early abortion, which the bill would not ban.
A recent study from the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) found that removing in-person visitation requirements increased adverse effects on women who receive chemical abortions. This study is one of several pointing to higher rates of serious problems.
many other studies have shown high rates of hospitalization Women are taking abortion pills. According to one, the complication rate in chemical abortion is four times higher than that of surgical abortion. Study. Another report found that complications of the abortion pill are often underreported or misclassified.
The legislation comes after the Trump administration pledged to investigate the drug’s safety, but later approved a generic version of the abortion pill in October 2025.
“The science is clear: The chemical abortion drug is inherently dangerous to women and has the potential to be abused. Yet major companies like Danco Laboratories are making billions from it,” Hawley said in a statement.
Dr. Christina Francis, director of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a board-certified OB-GYN who works as an OB hospitalist in Indiana, spoke But press conference on March 11 about her experience with women experiencing complications such as “severe bleeding, serious infections that required multiple IV antibiotics, and even emergency surgery.”
“I work in the state of Indiana where abortion is largely illegal, and yet my colleagues and I are routinely called to the emergency room to care for women suffering from serious complications,” she said. “I will tell you who is not taking care of them in the emergency room – the profit-driven pill sellers who sent them these pills either online, through the mail, or even at the abortion facility.”
“The purpose of medicine is health, healing and wholeness, and dangerous abortion drugs are the exact opposite of that,” Francis said. “So now is the time for the FDA to do its job and protect American women and children from the harms of mifepristone.”
Abortion pill company to remove ads after South Dakota lawsuit
New York-based abortion drug distributor Mayday Health has agreed to remove “misleading and unlawful” advertisements following a settlement with South Dakota, according to state Attorney General Marty Jackley.
according to limited release agreementThe group “targeted” South Dakota with abortion pill advertisements, even though abortion pills are illegal in the state. In December 2025, Jackley sent Mayday Health a cease-and-desist letter over its advertising practices.
In colonyMayday Health agreed to remove advertisements that “promote, promote or encourage illegal conduct” in South Dakota.
“Mayday Health encouraged women and young girls to take abortion pills while misleading them about the physical risks,” Jackley said. Said. “My position has been clear and unwavering: South Dakota law prevails, and misleading advertising must and must be stopped.”
