Dr. Jamila Perritt is an obstetrician-gynecologist in Washington, D.C., and president and chief executive of Physicians for Reproductive Health, a role she began in 2020. She earned her undergraduate degree at Brown University and her medical degree at Howard University. She completed her obstetrics and gynecology residency at Pennsylvania Hospital and family planning fellowship training and a master's degree in public health at Johns Hopkins University.
We have documented 1 statement by Jamila Perritt, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Role at the time: Obstetrician-gynecologist and president and chief executive of Physicians for Reproductive Health, in an organisational press release
Condemned
Statement summary
Dr. Jamila Perritt, an obstetrician-gynecologist and president of Physicians for Reproductive Health, responded to Hawley's bill by stating that the scientific evidence establishes mifepristone as safe, effective and still medically indicated, using the same "the science is clear" construction Hawley had used to argue the opposite.
“the science is clear: mifepristone is safe, mifepristone is effective, and mifepristone is still medically indicated”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Senate Introduces Attack on Mifepristone · Physicians for Reproductive HealthOrganizational press release, March 12, 2026, carrying a statement attributed to president and chief executive Dr. Jamila Perritt.
Why we used this label
Perritt rejects the clinical premise the ban rests on, in a statement her organisation issued expressly as a response to the bill. The closest competing label is “Challenged the characterization”, because on its face the sentence disputes a factual claim about the drug rather than addressing the legislation. That loses because the premise she rejects is the bill's sole stated justification, and the statement was issued as an objection to the bill; treating it as a narrow factual quarrel would understate a physicians' organisation's rejection of the proposal.
Senator Josh Hawley wants Congress to revoke the FDA's approval of mifepristone and ban the abortion pill nationally. His bill has stalled in committee, and in September he began pressing Republicans to sign a pledge backing it.
