{"id":1976636,"date":"2023-07-18T19:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T23:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rep-compares-abortion-pills-to-headache-medication\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T19:16:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T23:16:02","slug":"democrat-rep-compares-abortion-pills-to-headache-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rep-compares-abortion-pills-to-headache-medication\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Rep. likens abortion pills to headache meds."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-rep-compares-abortion-pills-to-headache-medication%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976636&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Democratic Representative \u2064Compares\u2063 Abortion Pill to \u2062Tylenol<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Monday, \u200ca \u200dDemocratic \u200cRepresentative\u2062 compared the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/abortion\" target=\"_blank\" \u200drel=\"noopener\">abortion<\/a> \u200cpill\u2062 mifepristone \u200cto \u2064the \u2064headache \u2062and pain\u2063 reliever Tylenol, even \u200breferring to the \u200babortion \u200cpills as \u200ba \u201clifeline\u201d for women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: \u2062400\">Representative Cori \u2064Bush \u200c(D-MO)\u200c made \u2064the comments\u200d during \u2063a\u200d <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c5078114\/user-clip-rep-cori-bush-calls-abortion-pills-life-saving-health-care\" \u2063target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discussion<\/a>\u2063 on \u201cMedication\u2064 Abortion Access\u200b and Republican Efforts\u2062 to\u200b Ban Abortion Nationwide.\u201d \u200cBush\u200d was <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/oversightdemocrats.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/rep-bush-rep-crockett-and-oversight-ranking-member-raskin-to-host-roundtable-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joined by<\/a> fellow Democrats on the\u2064 House\u200b Oversight Committee,\u200b including Maryland Rep.\u2062 Jamie\u2062 Raskin and \u200bTexas Rep.\u2062 Jasmine\u200b Crockett.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:\u200c 400\">\u201cBanning \u2062medication abortion \u2062would \u2064be \u2064like placing\u2062 a \u2064ban on Tylenol\u200d [or] \u2064a\u200d ban\u200b on\u200b antibiotics,\u201d \u2064Bush <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1681100057637191680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1681100057637191680%7Ctwgr%5E1af2a108a522994f883d48cc860a50101a8b6751%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthepostmillennial.com%2Fsquad-member-cori-bush-compares-removing-a-human-life-to-removing-a-headache-in-response-to-abortion-pill-ban\" \u200btarget=\"_blank\" \u200drel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u2064\u201cThere is no \u2063scientific, \u2062no valid\u2063 medical\u2064 reason\u200c to \u200cdo so. It\u200d is only political propaganda.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span\u200b style=\"font-weight:\u200d 400\">The \u2064Missouri congresswoman \u2064<a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/rep-cori-bush-calls-abortion-pills-life-saving-health-care\"\u200c target=\"_blank\"\u200d rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> \u200cthe \u2062pills were \u2062\u201ceffective\u201d \u200dand \u201csafe\u201d and \u2062said\u2064 they \u2062were \u201cno different\u200c from \u2064any\u2064 other\u2062 medication that\u2019s \u2064safe\u2063 and effective.\u201d \u200dShe said that \u2062for 23 years,\u200c the\u2063 Food\u2063 and Drug \u200cAdministration approved\u200b of\u2064 the pills,\u200d and went on \u200bto explain that, in\u2063 her \u200cview, abortion pills are actually \u2063a \u200d\u201clifeline.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:\u200c 400\">\u201cMedication\u200b abortion is \u200da \u200dlifeline,\u201d she said.\u2064 \u201cA \u200clifeline\u2064 for \u200cthe \u2064person working multiple jobs \u2064that \u2063cannot\u2063 afford\u2064 to take\u2062 a \u2062day\u2064 off\u2064 work because\u200c wages are\u200b too low or they\u2062 don\u2019t have\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-cori-bush-calls-abortion-pills-lifesaving-healthcare\/\" title=\"Rep. Cori Bush hails abortion pills as essential healthcare.\">paid\u200d sick \u2063leave<\/a>,\u2062 a lifeline for the mom of \u2062two\u2062 who\u200d cannot afford\u200c childcare \u2062or\u200d cannot\u2063 find affordable childcare.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span \u2064style=\"font-weight: \u200b400\">\u201cIt\u2019s\u2062 a lifeline for the \u200dtrans \u2062folks who \u200dface\u200d transphobia and \u200dbigotry because of \u200canti-LGBT+\u2063 laws\u2062 and\u2064 outrageous \u200dbans\u2062 on \u200cgender-affirming\u2064 care,\u201d the \u2064congresswoman added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2064 <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Cori\u2062 Bush\u200d says restricting \u200daccess to \u2062abortion \u200bpills is\u200b equivalent \u2062to \u201cplacing\u2063 a ban\u2064 on Tylenol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u2063<\/p>\n<p>Last\u2063 I checked\u2063 Tylenol didn\u2019t kill\u200b babies,\u200d but \u2064ok\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OAR954RtgJ\">pic.twitter.com\/OAR954RtgJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bThe Post Millennial\u200b (@TPostMillennial) <a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1681100057637191680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July\u200c 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u200d <\/p>\n<h3>Mifepristone and the \u200bAbortion \u200dDebate<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:\u200b 400\">Mifepristone\u2064 is\u200d used\u200c to\u2064 end\u200c the life of\u2063 an\u200b unborn child \u2063in <a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/federal-judge-in-texas-suspends-fda-approval-of-abortion-pill-used-in-up-to-half-of-abortions\"\u200d target=\"_blank\" \u200crel=\"noopener\">roughly \u200bhalf<\/a> \u2064of all\u200c abortions \u200cin the\u2063 United \u2063States.\u200b In \u200dApril, a federal judge \u200cin\u200b Texas\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/federal-judge-in-texas-suspends-fda-approval-of-abortion-pill-used-in-up-to-half-of-abortions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspended<\/a> \u200cthe\u2063 FDA \u2063approval \u200dof the pill,\u2064 while \u200daround \u200dthe\u200d same \u200ctime, \u2062a U.S. \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-files-new-election-appeal-to-arizona-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Kari Lake appeals election to AZ Supreme Court.\">district\u200d judge<\/a>\u2062 in \u200bWashington state issued a \u200dconflicting \u2063ruling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \u200c<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:\u200b 400\">Shortly after\u2064 the Texas judge\u2019s \u200drestriction\u200c of the \u200cabortion\u2063 pill, the\u2063 United \u200bStates \u2062Supreme\u2064 Court\u200b <a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/supreme-court-releases-decision-on-abortion-pill-mifepristone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blocked<\/a> \u2064the\u200c ruling, \u200callowing\u200c the approval\u2062 of \u2063the \u200cpill while a lawsuit\u200c proceeds \u200cin \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-is-fast-tracking-sidney-powells-request-for-a-forensic-exam-of-dominion-voting-machines\/\" title=\"Federal Court Is Fast-Tracking Sidney Powell\u2019s Request For A Forensic Exam Of Dominion Voting Machines\">federal court<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \u200c<\/p>\n<p><b\u2063 data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p> \u2063<\/p>\n<h3>Abortion\u2063 Laws \u200dand \u200cImpact<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In \u200cthe year\u200c since\u2064 the\u200b overturning of\u200d <em>Roe v. \u2062Wade<\/em>, Republican state \u2062legislatures have been \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rep-compares-abortion-pills-to-headache-medication\/\" title=\"Democrat Rep. likens abortion pills to headache meds.\">passing\u2064 pro-life laws\u200b protecting<\/a> \u200cthe unborn. \u200bLast \u200dweek, \u200cRepublican Iowa\u2064 Governor \u200bKim Reynolds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/iowa-governor-signs-six-week-abortion-ban\" target=\"_blank\" \u200drel=\"noopener\">signed<\/a>\u200b an \u2064abortion ban that prevented abortions, with\u200c some exceptions, \u2063when\u200d a heartbeat was\u200c detected, \u2063usually around six\u200d weeks. \u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:\u2063 400\">However, three \u200ddays \u2064later, \u200da district\u2063 court judge\u200b <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/iowa-judge-temporarily-blocks-six-week-abortion-ban-days-after-gov-reynolds-signed-legislation\" \u200btarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">temporarily\u200c blocked<\/a> the law, which\u200d is\u200b being \u2062challenged \u2063in court \u2062by abortion\u2063 providers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span\u200c style=\"font-weight: 400\">And last month, \u200da study was \u200creleased \u2064estimating\u200d that as a result\u2063 of the Texas Heartbeat Act, \u2063which went\u200c into\u2063 effect in \u200cSeptember 2021, \u2062nearly \u206310,000 more\u2063 babies were born \u200cin \u2063the state between April and December\u2063 2022,\u200d The\u2062 Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/texas-heartbeat-act-resulted-in-10k-additional-babies-born-last-year-study-suggests\" target=\"_blank\"\u2064 rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \u200c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis new study highlights the significant \u2062success \u2062of our\u2063 movement \u2064in \u2063the \u2064last \u200ctwo \u200dyears, \u2063while \u2062we\u2062 look\u200b forward \u200dto helping\u200c the mothers \u200dand families of our\u2063 state\u2062 care for their children,\u201d Right \u200dto\u200d Life\u2062 president John \u2062Seago said\u2062 regarding\u2064 the\u2064 study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) likened the abortion pill mifepristone to Tylenol, calling it a &#8220;lifeline&#8221; for women. 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