Ethics and Public Policy Center president Ryan T. Anderson backs Hawley's bill to revoke mifepristone's approval
Ryan T. AndersonPresident of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, in a statement of support released through Senator Hawley's office
Ryan T. Anderson, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, said in a statement of support released through Senator Hawley's office that chemical abortion kills babies, harms women and is not a legitimate form of healthcare. He thanked Hawley for a bill revoking what he called the drug's misguided approval.
“Chemical abortion kills babies and harms women. Deadly to babies, it is significantly more dangerous to women than the FDA has let on. It is not a legitimate form of healthcare because it is not healthcare at all. A decent society would not approve it as if it were a legitimate medicine. Thank you to Senator Hawley for this bill revoking its misguided approval”
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Should Congress ban the abortion pill, mifepristone, as Josh Hawley has proposed?
On March 11, 2026, Senator Josh Hawley introduced the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act, which would withdraw the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone for pregnancy termination, make distributing and labeling the drug for that purpose violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, and let women who say chemical abortion harmed them sue its manufacturers. Mifepristone has been approved in the United States since 2000 and is used in a large majority of American abortions. Hawley argues a national ban is the only remedy because the drug can be mailed into states whose own laws restrict abortion. The bill drew seven Republican cosponsors but has not moved out of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. On September 16, 2026, Hawley unveiled a four-page "Declaration for Life" and began asking officeholders and candidates to sign it as a commitment to ban the drug. The dispute is over whether Congress should enact that ban.
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Two-page compilation of statements of support for the bill from eight anti-abortion organizations, released by Senator Hawley's office and linked from his March 11, 2026 announcement of the bill.
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Hawley's own announcement of the bill, issued alongside a Capitol Hill press conference with anti-abortion movement leaders. It states the bill's three operative provisions and carries the quotation on which his safety claim rests.
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Hawley introduced the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act on March 11, 2026. His release named the Ethics and Public Policy Center among the eight organizations supporting it and linked their statements of support.
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The same two-page document carries statements of support from seven other organizations, including Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and Students for Life of America.
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Why this label?
The case's reference point is Hawley's proposal that Congress ban mifepristone by withdrawing its FDA approval. Anderson thanks Hawley for the bill and calls the drug's approval misguided, which is clear support for the proposal, so we labeled it Defended or excused.
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