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Abortion

Hawley Demands Answers from FDA Following Reports Agency Delayed Review of Mifepristone

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary following reports that he ordered the agency to delay a review of the chemical abortion drug mifepristone.  Senator Hawley wrote, "Six months ago, you told me you were “committed to conducting a review of mifepristone,” the chemical abortion drug. You repeated this commitment to state attorneys general and other members of...

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Hawley Urges FDA to Explain Concerning Approval of Abortion Drug

Friday, October 03, 2025

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary following his agency's alarming approval of a new generic version of the chemical abortion drug mifepristone.  Senator Hawley wrote, "I write with grave concern regarding your agency’s surprise approval of a new generic abortion drug. This decision appears to ignore the science while advancing a highly questionable ideological agenda. And I...

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Hawley Urges RFK Jr. to Reinstate Safety Regulations on Chemical Abortion Drug after Reviewing Studies

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) urging him to take immediate action to reinstate safety guardrails on the chemical abortion drug mifepristone. Senator Hawley's letter comes after he secured a pledge from RFK Jr. that he would conduct a safety review of mifepristone.  "I write to thank you for your expressed commitment to review the safety data on mifepristone following the...

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Hawley Doubles Down on Push for Mifepristone Regulations in Nominations Hearing

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

During today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) urged President Trump’s Associate Attorney General nominee, Stanley Woodward, to work with State Attorneys General and others to bring about the reinstatement of longstanding safety standards for the abortion drug mifepristone, which accounts for 70 percent of abortions in the United States.  Senator Hawley highlighted how the Biden Administration rolled back safety protocols for the drug, allowing...

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Hawley Introduces Legislation to Reinstate Safety Regulations on Chemical Abortion Drug Mifepristone

Tuesday, May 06, 2025

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Restoring Safeguards for Dangerous Abortion Drugs Act to reinstate safety regulations on the chemical abortion drug mifepristone. The legislation comes after a recent study revealed 1 in 10 women who take the drug experience adverse health effects. “I’m introducing the Restoring Safeguards for Dangerous Abortion Drugs Act after a bombshell study revealed the truth about mifepristone: it’s...

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Hawley Secures Commitments from HHS Nominee RFK on Crucial Social Issues

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Today in a hearing with Department of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) secured commitments on four crucial social issues: so-called "gender affirming care," fetal tissue research, Title X funding for abortions, and the chemical abortion drug mifepristone.  Senator Hawley asked Kennedy if he would rescind the Biden Administration's mandate that every doctor in America who receives federal funding--including...

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Senator Hawley Urges President Trump to Pardon Pro-Life Prisoners: Right the Wrongs of the Biden Administration

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Senator Hawley (R-Mo.) delivered a speech on the Senate floor urging President Trump to pardon the pro-life prisoners who were incarcerated during Joe Biden’s anti-Christian administration.  Earlier today, Senator Hawley discussed the urgent need to pardon these individuals with President Trump. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LQ8EmfXEAM WATCH “President Trump can turn the chapter on this dark period of our history. He can right the wrongs that this last administration perpetrated. . . ....

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Hawley Questions OMB Nominee on Protecting American Interests in Military Contracting & Defending the Unborn

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Yesterday in a hearing with Office of Management and Budget nominee Russ Vought, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) asked a series of questions ranging from disentangling the United States from the Chinese Communist Party to championing pro-life regulations.  Senator Hawley explained how consulting firms like McKinsey & Company receive multi-million-dollar contracts with the U.S. military while also doing business with some of our most lethal opponents.  "My view is that...

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Hawley Introduces Bill Defunding Planned Parenthood

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Today, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the End Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Providers Act. The bill would defund Planned Parenthood and abortion providers across the nation.  "Americans have long made it clear that they oppose taxpayer-funded abortions. But the Biden Administration has plowed forward, ensuring that Planned Parenthood and its affiliates receive tens of millions of dollars annually in federal grants," Senator Hawley said. "It's high...

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Hawley Op-Ed: Undoing the damage done

Monday, January 13, 2025

It’s time to repeal Biden’s pro-abortion policies and restore Trump’s pro-life legacy at HHS By U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) | January 13, 2024 | World Magazine Inauguration Day is at hand. A new political era awaits. And on Day One, President Donald Trump can set the moral tone for his second term with the stroke of a pen. He can restore the full suite of pro-life policies that his own Department of Health and Human Services developed during his first term. No priority should...

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