Emily Wales opposes Hawley's mifepristone ban
Emily WalesPresident and CEO, Planned Parenthood Great Plains
Emily Wales opposed the bill, arguing that it disregards medical evidence and Missouri voters' support for abortion access.
“This bill ignores both”
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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 Emily Wales, Claire Cook-Callen about abc 17 reports responses to hawley's proposed mifepristone ban.
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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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Wales's reference to both concerned medical experts and voters.
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Emily Wales argues against Hawley's mifepristone ban. Wales's reference to both concerned medical experts and voters.
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