Dr. Jamila Perritt is an obstetrician-gynecologist in Washington, D.C., and president and chief executive of Physicians for Reproductive Health.
Case
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.
Role at the time: Obstetrician-gynecologist and president and chief executive of Physicians for Reproductive Health, in an organisational press release
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”
The case's fixed reference point is Hawley's proposition that Congress should ban mifepristone by revoking its federal approval. 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 challenges_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.
Statement dates: March 12, 2026
Statement dates: March 12, 2026
Statement dates: March 12, 2026
