Penny Nance
Role at the time: CEO and president of Concerned Women for America and president of its Legislative Action Committee, in a statement of support released through Senator Hawley's office
Statement summary
Penny Nance, CEO and president of Concerned Women for America, said in a statement of support released through Senator Hawley's office that claims chemical abortion drugs are as safe as Tylenol are not true. She said Concerned Women for America is grateful for Hawley's efforts to end the use of the drug.
“Claims that chemical abortion drugs are just as safe as Tylenol are simply not true. The FDA's own black box label on Mifepristone warns that one in 25 women will end up in the emergency room. This extremely dangerous drug has often been administered without medical oversight and has been used to coerce women into believing that abortion is as safe and easy as just popping a pill. Instead, women are left struggling to recover from the physical effects of Mifepristone on top of the psychological trauma of ending the life of their baby. Concerned Women for America is grateful for Sen. Hawley's efforts to end the use of Mifepristone for both destroying the lives of innocent babies and irreversibly harming their mothers”
Why we used this label
The reference point is Hawley's proposal that Congress ban mifepristone by withdrawing its federal approval. Nance said Concerned Women for America is grateful for Hawley's efforts to end the use of mifepristone and called the drug extremely dangerous. That is direct support for ending the drug's use through the bill, so we labeled it Defended or excused.