{"id":2536754,"date":"2026-01-14T17:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-downplay-dangers-of-mail-order-abortion-pills\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T17:45:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:45:29","slug":"democrats-downplay-dangers-of-mail-order-abortion-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-downplay-dangers-of-mail-order-abortion-pills\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Downplay Dangers Of Mail-Order Abortion Pills"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fdemocrats-downplay-dangers-of-mail-order-abortion-pills%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=2536754&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--><p>The piece reports on a senate HELP Committee hearing titled &#8220;protecting Women: exposing the Dangers of Chemical Abortion Drugs,&#8221; where GOP members led by Chairman Bill Cassidy urged the FDA to reinstate in-person safeguards and other restrictions on mifepristone after Biden-era relaxations permitted wider mail-order and pharmacy access. Republicans and pro-life witnesses argued that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >mail-order distribution enables abuse<\/a>, coercion, and trafficking of abortion pills and cited studies and anecdotes they say show higher complication rates than official estimates. Louisiana Attorney General Liz murrill and obstetrician-gynecologist Monique Chireau Wubbenhorst urged restoring REMS restrictions and enforcing laws such as the Comstock Act. Democrats, including Senators Tammy Baldwin, Maggie Hassan, Patty Murray, and Bernie Sanders, defended access, called the concerns overblown, and insisted mifepristone is safe and that telehealth provision is effective; the committee&#8217;s Democratic witness, Dr. Nisha Verma,testified in support of telehealth prescribing. The article highlights contentious exchanges during the hearing (including questions about pregnancy and biological sex) and cites analyses claiming complication rates far above FDA and manufacturer figures, and also polling and reports alleging widespread coercion in abortion decisions.The author argues that without FDA action to restore safeguards, state efforts to protect women will be undermined. The story was written by Jordan Boyd.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Senate Democrats snubbed women all across the country on Wednesday when they downplayed the physical dangers and abuse risks associated with abortion pills in favor of promoting abortion for all via mail-order mifepristone.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee&nbsp;Chairman Bill Cassidy and his GOP colleagues utilized the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.help.senate.gov\/hearings\/protecting-women-exposing-the-dangers-of-chemical-abortion-drugs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hearing titled Protecting Women: Exposing the Dangers of Chemical Abortion Drugs<\/a> as yet another opportunity to spur on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/12\/10\/fda-head-makary-commits-to-releasing-robust-abortion-pill-review-as-soon-as-it-is-completed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">professed mifepristone review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2026\/01\/14\/senate-health-chair-urges-immediate-fda-action-on-abortion-pill-ahead-of-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told The Daily Signal<\/a> ahead of the hearing that he believes the FDA should &ldquo;immediately&rdquo; reinstate safeguards such as in-person doctor visits for abortion pill dispensing. His call joins a chorus of demands from both the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/10\/51-gop-senators-urge-hhs-fda-to-end-distribution-of-dangerous-abortion-drug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/harshbarger.house.gov\/media\/in-the-news\/breitbart-175-gop-lawmakers-call-fda-reverse-biden-admins-mail-order-abortion#:~:text=%E2%80%9CAs%20Members%20of%20Congress%20who,of%20the%20drug%20mifepristone%20be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House<\/a> Republicans and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/15\/more-than-100-organizations-plead-with-fda-to-protect-women-from-dangerous-abortion-drug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pro-life organizations<\/a> to the FDA to roll back Biden-era expansions that make it easier for people to obtain mifepristone via mail or a drug store pharmacy without medical oversight.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, on the other hand, tried to spin the proceedings to support <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Guttmacher\/status\/2011439443987542095?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">their abortion activism and goals<\/a> &mdash; in the face of mounds of data and anecdotes. Sen. Tammy Baldwin painted the hearing as a stepping stone to &ldquo;a Republican effort for national abortion ban by any means necessary.&rdquo; Sen. Maggie Hassan claimed the GOP&rsquo;s expressed desire to protect women from the harms associated with abortion pills was &ldquo;gaslighting at the highest level&rdquo; and shrugged off concerns about abortion pill abuse with claims that coercion and assault on pregnant women are <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/14\/dem-senator-forced-abortions-are-just-part-of-history-so-we-might-as-well-let-abusers-access-mifepristone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;a longstanding part of human history.&rdquo;<\/a> Sen. Angela Alsobrooks scolded Republicans for &ldquo;lecturing about the safety of women,&rdquo; claiming that &ldquo;these people don&rsquo;t care about humans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When Sen. Patty Murray took over Sen. Roger Marshall&rsquo;s time, she referred to Republicans as &ldquo;anti-choice extremists&rdquo; and called <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/20\/are-popular-abortion-pills-poisoning-americans-tap-water\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">questions<\/a> about whether popular abortion pills are poisoning Americans&rsquo; tap water &ldquo;crazy.&rdquo; She also implied that the FDA&rsquo;s recent decision to approve a generic version of the pill affirmed its &ldquo;safety.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite testimony, studies, and other confirmation showing mail-order mifepristone has directly harmed women and babies, Democrats, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProtectOurCare\/status\/2011462257289412723?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">led by Ranking Member Bernie Sanders<\/a>, repeatedly insisted that abortion pills are &ldquo;safe and effective&rdquo; and implied that the science on mifepristone is settled.<\/p>\n<p>The blue politicians&rsquo; handpicked witness, Dr. Nisha Verma, an obstetrician-gynecologist and fellow at pro-abortion group Physicians for Reproductive Health, also testified. She claimed that chemical abortion &ldquo;through telehealth is equally safe and effective&rdquo; as abortion pills prescribed after a doctor does an in-person evaluation and pregnancy dating ultrasound.<\/p>\n<p>At two points in the hearing, Verma refused to answer questions about whether men can get pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is not a hypothetical question,&rdquo; Sen. Josh Hawley pressed. &ldquo;This is not theoretical. It affects real people in their real lives, and you&rsquo;re here as an expert, called by the other side as an expert, and you&rsquo;ve been telling us that you, that you follow &mdash; right, you&rsquo;re a doctor &mdash; and you follow the science and the evidence. So I just want to know based on the science: Can men get pregnant?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>When she wasn&rsquo;t evading questions about biological sex, Verma repeatedly blamed &ldquo;abortion bans and restrictions&rdquo; for the consequences of mifepristone, including, apparently, forced abortions.<\/p>\n<p>The evidence suggests otherwise. One&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2673-6284\/14\/2\/39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a>&nbsp;from the Charlotte Lozier Institute&rsquo;s director of life sciences, Dr. Cameron Louttit, found that assertions that mifepristone is safer than some over-the-counter medications (such as acetaminophen) are &ldquo;wholly unfounded, offering deficient and disingenuous representations of safety for any of the drugs compared.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mifepristone is not safer than Tylenol and should not be made available over the counter,&rdquo; Dr. Monique Chireau Wubbenhorst, one of the witnesses who is an obstetrician-gynecologist, added during her testimony. &ldquo;Tylenol is an over-the-counter medication. It does not have a black box warning. Most problems with Tylenol are associated with accidental or deliberate overdose. Mifepristone side effects are associated with routine prescribed use.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorBanks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenatorBanks<\/a> is right &mdash; the FDA&#8217;s own label indicates the many dangers associated with abortion drugs. Yet Senate Democrats and the abortion lobby refuse to acknowledge these risks. We know the truth. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i9yw1qhn6h\">pic.twitter.com\/i9yw1qhn6h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SBA Pro-Life America (@sbaprolife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sbaprolife\/status\/2011479641295376551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Another analysis, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/28\/study-rate-of-serious-or-life-threatening-complications-after-abortion-pill-is-22-times-higher-than-fda-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published in April 2025<\/a>, determined that more than one in 10 women who take mifepristone suffer a serious adverse event such as hemorrhage and infection. That risk of complication, the review concluded, is at least 22 times higher than what the FDA and mifepristone manufacturer Danco Laboratories boast.<\/p>\n<p>New polling even <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/28\/trumps-trusted-pollster-even-pro-aborts-say-mifepristone-is-dangerous-and-needs-fda-regulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shows<\/a> that Americans across all parties want the FDA to protect women from the drug responsible for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/article\/2022\/02\/medication-abortion-now-accounts-more-half-all-us-abortions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than half of U.S. abortions<\/a>. The desire for action climbs amid <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/11\/man-allegedly-murdered-his-unborn-baby-by-spiking-her-moms-hot-cocoa-with-abortion-drug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/11\/tx-man-arrested-after-allegedly-poisoning-his-girlfriend-murdering-his-child-with-abortion-drug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abortion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/30\/woman-coerced-into-abortion-asks-fda-to-stop-shielding-abusers-and-their-drug-dealers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pill<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/11\/12\/suspended-ohio-doctor-posed-as-ex-wife-to-get-abortion-drugs-then-allegedly-forced-them-on-girlfriend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poisoning<\/a> reports and lawsuits indicating that abusers and other bad actors use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-head-abortion-pill-review-will-be-released-once-completed\/\" title=\"... Head: Abortion Pill Review Will Be Released Once Completed\">relaxed mail-order abortion drug provisions<\/a> to force mifepristone on pregnant women.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 70 percent of abortions&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/hidden-epidemic-nearly-70-of-abortions-are-coerced-unwanted-or-inconsistent-with-womens-preferences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">are believed to be unwanted, coerced, or inconsistent<\/a>&nbsp;with the mother&rsquo;s values and desires. Yet Democrats continue to endorse the illegal trafficking of abortion drugs from states with shield laws that seek to absolve dispensers of legal recourse or jail time.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Activists have created and organized a dangerous scheme of drug dealing protected by politicians. These are not medical standards. There are no medical standards in any state that sanction such irresponsible actions by a medical professional. And political preferences do not justify placing women at such medical risk. These are not medical professionals and this is not healthcare,&rdquo; Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, another witness, said. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPHELP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GOPHELP<\/a> hearing, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGLizMurrill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AGLizMurrill<\/a> details how the Biden administration&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-life-orgs-call-out-fda-makary-for-not-fulfilling-promise-to-review-abortion-drug\/\" title=\"Pro...life orgs call out ..., Makary for not fulfilling promise to review abortion drug\">mail-order abortion policy<\/a> is driven by the abortion lobby, not science, and violates pro life states&#8217; ability to protect women and unborn children. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/60Qwpvh69e\">pic.twitter.com\/60Qwpvh69e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SBA Pro-Life America (@sbaprolife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sbaprolife\/status\/2011462530347221237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Not only did Murrill identify mifepristone as a dangerous drug that has harmed women in her state, but she also called out Democrats&rsquo; radical abortion pill expansions as schemes &ldquo;to circumvent <em>Dobbs<\/em>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Until the FDA reimposes the mifepristone safeguards wrecked by Biden, Murrill said, &ldquo;Louisiana&rsquo;s efforts to protect mothers and their unborn children and to hold out-of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-senator-forced-abortions-are-just-part-of-history\/\" title=\"Dem Senator: Forced Abortions Are Just &#039;Part Of History&#039;\">-state abortion pill traffickers accountable<\/a> for the harm they inflict will be all but futile.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to restoring the abortion pill risk evaluation and mitigation strategies (REMS) the Biden administration ditched, Wubbenhorst also suggested lawmakers prioritize the &ldquo;enforcement of existing regulations such as the Comstock Act.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is an award-winning staff writer at The Federalist and producer of &ldquo;The Federalist Radio Hour.&rdquo; Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. 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