Pro-life group urges Senate to press RFK Jr. on abortion pill safety, demand safeguards return

FIRST ON FOX The Restoration of America Foundation ROAF is calling on the Senate Finance Committee to hold Wellness and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr accountable at Thursday s a m hearing demanding answers about the removal of safety protocols for the abortion pill mifepristone In a letter provided exclusively to Fox News Digital ROAF argues the rollback leaves women more vulnerable and shifts costs to taxpayers ROAF argues that the Biden-era rollback of Threat Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy REMS requirements safeguards in place for more than two decades endangers women by allowing abortion pills to be prescribed via telehealth and delivered through the mail FDA LIMITS NEW COVID VACCINE BOOSTERS TO HIGH-RISK AMERICANS ONLY The removal of key Pitfall Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy REMS requirements for mifepristone has eliminated essential safeguards that protected women s wellness for over two decades mentioned Doug Truax founder and CEO of the Restoration of America Foundation We urge the Senate to demand clear answers about why these safety protocols were removed and when they will be reinstated The Food and Drug Administration originally required mifepristone to be dispensed in person to ensure women were screened for promising complications such as ectopic pregnancy That changed under the Biden administration when telehealth prescribing and mail-order delivery were permitted for the first time MORE THAN GOP ATTORNEYS GENERAL CALL ON RFK JR FDA TO REINSTATE SAFEGUARDS FOR ABORTION DRUGSTruax warned that allowing these powerful drugs to be ordered online and sent through the mail without proper anatomical screening puts women at serious menace He added Women deserve to know about anticipated complications and have immediate access to emergency care if needed ROAF points to contemporary studies and media reports including a New York Post probe published in April which revealed that nearly percent of chemical abortions resulted in serious complications such as hemorrhage infection or sepsis That rate is more than times higher than what the FDA has previously cited CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe hearing where Kennedy is scheduled to appear is expected to spotlight broader debates over abortion and physiological safety under the Trump administration The HHS did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment