Rep. Mark Harris Leads a Dozen Lawmakers in Demanding Accountability for FDA Approval of Lethal Abortion Drug

WASHINGTON, DC - On Friday, Representative Mark Harris (NC-08) led a group of a dozen lawmakers in demanding accountability from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approving a generic version of Mifepristone, an unsafe and lethal chemical abortion drug.

The lawmakers wrote in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., "The recent government shutdown has provided Congress and the Administration with an opportunity to reexamine how federal agencies are serving the American people and whether they are aligned with the values and commitments of this Administration."

"The approval of a generic version of this dangerous drug not only contradicts the announced review but also runs directly counter to this Administration's stated pro-life agenda," the legislators wrote. "For this reason, we respectfully urge that you consider the director of the Office of Generic Drugs, and the director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, and other bureaucrats responsible for this reckless decision as part of your reduction-in-force evaluations."

On September 19, Secretary Kennedy publicly announced that the FDA would undertake a thorough review of the safety of the abortion pill. Mifepristone is the drug used in 63 percent of abortions across the United States - data indicates that the abortion pill poses significant risks to women's health, and it always ends the life of an unborn child.

"As stewards of the taxpayers' trust and defenders of the unborn, we must ensure that no federal office operates in open defiance of our values or the Administration's pro-life commitments. This is a critical moment to send a clear message that the lives of the unborn and the health of women will not be compromised by bureaucratic mismanagement or ideological activism," the House Members wrote.

Co-leaders of the letter include Representatives Josh Brecheen (OK-02), Keith Self (TX-03), Eli Crane (AZ-02), Paul Gosar (AZ-09), Chip Roy (TX-21), Mary Miller (IL-15), Andy Biggs (AZ-05), Barry Moore (AL-01), Scott Perry (PA-10), Ralph Norman (SC-05), Sheri Biggs (SC-03), and Ben Cline (VA-06).

Read the full letter here.

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