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'Illegal and Dangerous': 22 State Attorneys General Urge the FDA to End Its New Abortion Pill Rule"...In direct contravention of longstanding FDA practice and congressional mandate, the FDA's rollback of important safety restrictions ignores both women's health and straightforward federal statutes. We urge you to reverse your decision."
The letter, whose signers include the Attorneys General of Alabama, Florida, Texas, and Wyoming, was sent to Califf last Friday. "The Food and Drug Administration's decision to abandon commonsense restrictions on remotely prescribing and administering abortion-inducing drugs is both illegal and dangerous," the letter states. "In direct contravention of longstanding FDA practice and congressional mandate, the FDA's rollback of important safety restrictions ignores both women's health and straightforward federal statutes. We urge you to reverse your decision." Early this month, the FDA updated its website to reflect new guidelines on abortion pill access; they now allow retail pharmacies to carry mifepristone which, used alongside misoprostol, causes the deaths of unborn babies at early stages of development. Pharmacies can become certified to distribute the drug by completing an agreement form, as previously reported by LifeSiteNews.  READ: New FDA regulations allow retail pharmacies like Walgreens to distribute abortion pills The letter notes that when the FDA first approved mifepristone in 2000, "the agency recognized that the drug carried serious risks for women, including infection and bleeding." In 2007, the agency introduced new rules as part of a Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategy (REMS) in order to minimize risks linked with the drug... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Continue reading here. LifeSite Editor's Note: This article was updated on January 18, 2023, to include a response from the FDA. 
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