{"id":2578759,"date":"2026-03-11T17:32:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawley-introduces-bill-to-revoke-fda-approval-of-mifepristone-for-abortions\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T17:34:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:34:58","slug":"hawley-introduces-bill-to-revoke-fda-approval-of-mifepristone-for-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawley-introduces-bill-to-revoke-fda-approval-of-mifepristone-for-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawley introduces bill to revoke FDA approval of mifepristone for abortions"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fhawley-introduces-bill-to-revoke-fda-approval-of-mifepristone-for-abortions%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=2578759&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>Sen. Josh Hawley introduced the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act, a bill to revoke the FDA\u2019s approval of mifepristone for abortion, bar its use for abortion, withdraw the drug\u2019s FDA approval, and treat its distribution for abortion as a federal violation. The legislation would also let women who took the drug sue its manufacturers (Danco Laboratories), reflecting a push for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-funding-illegal-marijuana-operations-in-maine-collins-charges\/\" title=\"Chinese funding illegal marijuana operations in Maine, Collins charges\">stronger federal action<\/a> and liability in abortion-drug cases.Hawley has previously proposed stricter safeguards and the ability to sue telehealth providers and pharmacies.<\/p>\n<p>At a Capitol Hill press conference, Hawley highlighted testimonies from four women about thier experiences with mifepristone and argued that Congress must act rather than defer to others. He attributed part of the drug\u2019s spread to telehealth and mail distribution and criticized past presidents for loosening restrictions. the move comes as many Republicans,including elements aligned with Trump,have shown reluctance to pursue new federal abortion restrictions after the Dobbs decision. The bill\u2019s novelty and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >timing underscore ongoing divisions<\/a> within the GOP over how far federal action should go on abortion policy.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Josh Hawley introduces bill to revoke FDA approval of mifepristone for abortions<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2482575\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-hawley\/page\/14\/\">Josh Hawley<\/a> (R-MO) introduced legislation on Wednesday that would revoke the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fda\/\">Food and Drug Administration<\/a>&rsquo;s approval of mifepristone for abortion, staking out a more aggressive anti-abortion position as many Republicans aligned with President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> have preferred to avoid a new federal fight over abortion.<\/p>\n<p>The measure, titled the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act, would bar the use of mifepristone for abortion, withdraw FDA approval for the drug, and classify its distribution for abortion as a violation of federal law.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4487956\/walz-calls-investigation-into-noem-dhs-goes-deeper\/\">Walz calls for investigation into Noem&#8217;s DHS: &#8216;This goes a lot deeper&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4487985\/overdose-deaths-fell-pre-pandemic-levels-2025-cdc\/\">Overdose deaths fell to pre-pandemic levels in 2025, CDC says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4487286\/house-republicans-reconciliation-despite-trump-indifference\/\">Johnson pushes reconciliation 2.0 with no clear plan and Trump&#8217;s focus elsewhere<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Senator Hawley Hosts Pro-Life Press Conference, Makes Major Announcement <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ciJvGgAjEC\">https:\/\/t.co\/ciJvGgAjEC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Hawley Press Office (@SenHawleyPress) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenHawleyPress\/status\/2031798443837174001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What the bill would do is it would bar the use of mifepristone for abortion. It would withdraw the FDA approval,&rdquo; Hawley said at a Capitol Hill press conference. He also said the bill would give women who took the drug the ability to sue its manufacturers, Danco Laboratories.<\/p>\n<p>During an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/embattled-biden-faces-next-big-test-with-rare-solo-press-conference-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Embattled Biden faces next big test with rare solo press conference - Washington Examiner\">hourlong press conference<\/a>, four women offered their testimonies about their experience taking the drug, in some cases under pressure to do so by former boyfriends, and about how they were left without support from abortion providers when they experienced complications from the pill.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley framed the legislation as a rebuke to what he described as congressional inaction on a drug that has become central to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-adds-more-items-to-an-already-jam-packed-september\/\" title=\"... Adds More Items To An Already Jam-Packed September\">abortion access nationwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s vital that we give these women the ability to go to court and be made whole,&rdquo; Hawley said. &ldquo;My hope is to gain 60 votes. This is something for Congress to do. Congress needs to act. There&rsquo;s no excuse for Congress to offload its responsibilities onto other people. Rather than being a spectator, Congress needs to act.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hawley&rsquo;s push stands out at a moment when many Republicans, including figures in the Trump administration, have shown little appetite for sweeping new federal abortion restrictions after the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a>&rsquo;s 2022 <em>Dobbs<\/em> <em>v. Jackson Women&rsquo;s Health Organization<\/em> decision overturned <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/roe-v-wade\/\">Roe v. Wade<\/a><\/em>  and returned the decision to the states.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley, by contrast, is arguing that Congress has a direct role to play in regulating abortion drugs moving across state lines.<\/p>\n<p>The bill builds on legislation Hawley rolled out last year that would have imposed stricter safeguards on mifepristone and opened the door for women to sue telehealth providers and pharmacies over complications.<\/p>\n<p>At Wednesday&rsquo;s event, Hawley repeatedly <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/eppc.org\/publication\/fact-sheet-data-reveals-the-fdas-removal-of-in-person-dispensing-requirement-increased-the-dangers-of-the-abortion-pill\/\">pointed to research<\/a> from the Ethics and Public Policy Center, which reviewed 865,727 insurance claims from 2017 through 2023 involving women who used mifepristone to terminate early pregnancies. He said the data showed serious adverse events in roughly 11% of cases, including infection, hemorrhaging, and other life-threatening complications.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley also blamed former presidents <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\">Barack Obama<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a> for loosening restrictions on the drug, especially through telehealth prescribing and mail distribution, which he argued made mifepristone both more widespread and more vulnerable to abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Even as he pressed Congress to go further, Hawley gave Trump significant credit for the anti-abortion movement&rsquo;s broader success, praising the president&rsquo;s Supreme Court nominees for helping pave the way for <em>Dobbs<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>But his bill underscores the divide within the GOP over what comes next, with Hawley urging federal action while Trump and many other Republicans remain far more cautious about reopening the issue in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The renewed push comes after the Supreme Court <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3040731\/supreme-court-upholds-fda-approval-of-abortion-pill-mifepristone\/\">unanimously rejected a 2024 challenge<\/a> to the FDA&rsquo;s actions on mifepristone, leaving the drug available while ruling only that the challengers lacked standing to sue.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4471654\/trump-surgeon-general-pick-dodges-questions-abortion-pill-during-hearing\/\">TRUMP&rsquo;S SURGEON GENERAL PICK DODGES QUESTIONS ON ABORTION PILL DURING HEARING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Erin Hawley, a senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom who is married to the senator, and ADF president Kristen Waggoner, also spoke at the event. ADF was the legal organization that helped lead the successful challenge resulting in the Supreme Court&rsquo;s 2022&nbsp;<em>Dobbs<\/em>&nbsp;decision overturning&nbsp;<em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>contacted a Danco representative.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawley proposes revoking FDA approval of mifepristone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2578760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26043574923473.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4310,8468,50817,4762,23865],"class_list":["post-2578759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abortion","tag-fda","tag-hawley-2","tag-legislation","tag-mifepristone"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26043574923473.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2578759"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578763,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578759\/revisions\/2578763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2578760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2578759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2578759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2578759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}