Category: Abortion Pill

By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. This appears in the March edition of National Right to Life News. Please share this story, and many others, with your pro-life family and friends. On January 3rd of this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially published new rules authorizing appropriately certified pharmacies to stock and distribute …

By Dave Andrusko If you’ve followed the debate about the two-drug chemical abortion technique, you hear from proponents of “medication abortion” that it’s safe, safe, safe while opponents point to studies that show that the mifepristone/misoprostol is anything but safe. For example, Dr. Christina Francis is CEO of American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists …

By Dave Andrusko Yup, that’s what the headline to a Washington Post editorial says: “California’s abortion-pill grandstanding is self-defeating.” What does the Post mean and, by the way, what’s with this newfound respect for federalism? You may have missed that Newsom “suspended a $54 million contract with Walgreens on Wednesday over the pharmacy chain’s decision not to distribute mifepristone in …

By Dave Andrusko Just guessing (although I think it’s an educated guess), Sue Halpern may know as much as any pro-abortion journalist does about the “abortion pill”—mifepristone—original tagged as “RU-486.” (To be clear, almost from the beginning, the drug’s been used in conjunction with a second drug, a prostaglandin, typically misoprostol.) Halpern first wrote about RU-486 for Ms. …

By Dave Andrusko According to a story in yesterday’s POLITICO, Walgreen’s– the nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain— “confirmed Thursday that it will not dispense abortion pills in several states where they remain legal — acting out of an abundance of caution amid a shifting policy landscape, threats from state officials and pressure from anti-abortion activists.” Indeed! “Thanks to the …

Paper Answers Common Questions Regarding FDA Decision WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Thursday, March 2, National Right to Life released a white paper in a question-and-answer format addressing common concerns regarding the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to update labeling for mifepristone (generic for Mifeprex) that would allow pharmacies to dispense the drug. “More than two dozen …

“Mailed mifepristone mendacity” will 100% result in preventable morbidity and mortality in America’s women By Dr. David Gortler The abortion drug Mifepristone (Mifeprex) entered the U.S. market in 2000.  For the past two decades, the drug’s official labeling stated some permutation of the following:  “Mifeprex…Administration must be under the supervision of a qualified physician”      –and– “Mifeprex may be administered …

By Nancy Flanders Four national medical associations and four doctors filed a lawsuit in November against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), claiming that the FDA illegally approved the abortion pill in 2000, putting the well-being of women and girls at risk. One board-certified OB/GYN is now sharing that she sees complications from the abortion pill …

“More than two dozen deaths and thousands of complications are associated with the use of these drugs,” said Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., director of education and research for National Right to Life.

By Kansans for Life In a letter dated February 17, 2023, Walgreens has committed to abide by Kansas and federal laws after receiving a written warning from Attorney General Kris Kobach to not begin dispensing abortion pills from its pharmacy windows in the state. Walgreens became the first nationwide pharmacy chain to announce it intended …

Part Three: Pushing against remaining legal limits on mifepristone By Dave Andrusko The Biden administration has greatly expanded the conditions under which abortion pills may be prescribed and sold, but abortion advocates clearly wish to take things further. Today, in our final segment, Dr. Randall K. O’Bannon, who has followed the issue of chemical abortion for …

We are asking you to contact CVS, Walgreens, and Rite Aid and sign our petition to them. Let them know that dispensing death is bad business. Read the whole story.