By Dave Andrusko On Monday, the FDA sent warning letters to two online entities for introducing “Misbranded and Unapproved New Drugs into Interstate Commerce,” specifically mifepristone and misoprostol, the two drugs that make up the “RU-486”abortion technique. AidAccess.org and Rablon were told to immediately stop selling unapproved versions of the drugs and to “respond to … Read more
By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D. NRL-ETF Director of Education & Research A little less than a year ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) eased restrictions on the use of the abortion pill RU-486 (miferpistone), reducing required dosages, extending the cutoff time, reducing office visits, and loosening the qualifications for prescribers. It was not … Read more
Editor’s note. The following letter was sent to the Commissioner of the FDA by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Senator James Lankford (R-OK), joined by 73 of their colleagues. April 25, 2016 Dr. Robert M. Califf, M.D. Commissioner Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 10903 New Hampshire Ave Silver Spring, MD 20993 Dear Commissioner Califf, FDA … Read more
By Dave Andrusko North Dakota Supreme Court On Tuesday the North Dakota Supreme Court upheld a 2011 law which regulates how chemical abortifacients—generically referred to as “RU486”—are administered to women. In so doing, the state’s highest court reversed a ruling by District Judge Wickham Corwin who routinely hammers pro-life laws with relish. Tammi Kromenaker, … Read more
By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., NRL Director of Education & Research If there wasn’t enough confusion already, we now find that the abortion drug mifepristone (the generic name for RU-486) is being produced in other countries and sold under other names. Why does that matter? It’s a wake-up call for anyone who thought that … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Judge William Fletcher Less than a month ago, a three-judge panel of the famously liberal, pro-abortion 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in a challenge to Arizona’s HB 2036, a 2012 law that requires that any abortion-inducing drugs be administered “in compliance with the protocol authorized by the … Read more
By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., NRL Director of Education & Research There have been a rash of articles in media of late pushing the line that informed consent laws, laws limiting chemical abortions, and challenges to so-called “web-cam abortions” are totally unnecessary, just pro-life ploys to put more obstacles in the way of women getting … Read more
One in 30 women will still need a surgical abortion By Melinda Tankard Reist Editor’s note. This first appeared in the Brisbane Times (Australia) Recent publicity for abortion drug RU486 has given women assurances of its safety. The drug is promoted as do-it-yourself, easy, private and ”more natural”. In this pro-RU486 spin, the voices of … Read more
By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund The abortion industry has sold an increasing number of chemical abortions by peddling the idea that these are not only “new and improved” but (unlike the surgical ones women may fear) are easy, safe, and simple. When they actually take these powerful abortifacients, … Read more
By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D. NRL Director of Education & Research If you followed the mainstream press, you might have come away with the impression that there may have been a little glitch a couple of years ago with women who took the abortifacient RU486. One or two may have died, but now you’d probably … Read more