On Monday, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin signed a formal letter with other state attorneys general urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reinstate safety protocols for mifepristone — an abortion drug also known as RU-486.
When the FDA first approved RU-486 in 2000, a woman seeking a drug-induced abortion was required to visit the doctor three times — which included an initial medical evaluation and follow-up appointments to ensure that the woman did not experience health complications.
In 2016, that number of visits was reduced from three to one.
Then in 2021, the FDA removed the in-person visit with a doctor altogether — making it possible to obtain RU-486 at a pharmacy or through the mail without a medical exam or sonogram.
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A recent study by the experts at the Ethics and Public Policy Center shows abortion drugs are at least 22 times more dangerous than previously thought.
Researchers found that from 2017 to 2023, nearly one in nine women suffered serious health complications like sepsis, infection, and hemorrhaging as a direct result of the abortion drugs.
In a statement released Monday, Attorney General Griffin said his office is joining with other leaders asking the FDA to protect women and unborn children these dangerous abortion drugs, writing:
I have joined 21 other state attorneys general in urging the FDA to reinstate critical safety protocols for mifepristone prescriptions. Mifepristone is illegal in Arkansas. Yet some companies are actively working to give Arkansans access to these abortion pills unlawfully, while downplaying the serious risks they pose to women’s health. A recent study from the Ethics and Public Policy Center found that serious adverse effects occur in more than 1 in 10 chemical abortions—22 times higher than what’s stated on the drug’s label. I have and will continue to defend and enforce the Arkansas Laws to protect Arkansas’s from harmful and illegal drugs here in the state.
Abortion drugs don’t just kill unborn children. They also hurt women.
Official reports from the Arkansas Department of Health reveal that between 2020 and 2022 at least 1 in 50 women who took abortion drugs in Arkansas reported complications.
Over the years, Arkansas’ legislators have enacted laws prohibiting abortion and preventing abortion drugs from being delivered by mail in Arkansas, but the FDA and the federal government have undermined these good, pro-life laws.
We appreciate Attorney General Griffin’s leadership on this issue and his willingness to stand up for women and unborn children. Abortion drugs are dangerous. They simply should not be for sale in America.
LifeNews Note: Jerry Cox is the president of the Arkansas Family Council.
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