Tony Perkins supports Hawley's mifepristone ban
Tony PerkinsPresident, Family Research Council
Tony Perkins supported Hawley's bill, arguing that Congress should act if the FDA does not restrict mifepristone.
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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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Contains statements by Tony Perkins about the hawley-harshbarger bill.
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Josh Hawley's proposal would require withdrawal of mifepristone's approval for pregnancy termination. A House companion was introduced by Diana Harshbarger.
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Perkins urged congressional action if the FDA did not restrict the drug.
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Tony Perkins argues for Hawley's mifepristone ban. Perkins urged congressional action if the FDA did not restrict the drug.
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