President Donald Trump’s administration appears ready to “follow the law” when the FDA continues to approve the abortion pill for over-the-counter-use. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed the reason the FDA was not changing the drug’s status was because “they are simply following the law.” The decision is causing some to doubt President Trump’s true opposition to abortion.
Trump’s abortion pill approval shatters his pro-life facade
from www.washingtonexaminer.com
“It’s not an endorsement of this drug by any means. They are just simply following the law,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said of the FDA on Friday.
I don’t buy this “simply following the law” excuse. Neither do key anti-abortion legislators, including Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who rightly denounced the approval as a “betrayal” of the anti-abortion community that got President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance elected.
And neither does Kelsey Pritchard, political director of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.
“‘Powerless’ is not a word that someone uses to describe this administration when they face trouble,” Pritchard told me by phone. “They’re known for bucking the status quo. They’re known for doing what they need to do to reverse problems.”
Oddly, the FDA issued the approval before it completed its own safety review of the drug, which began in mid-September. An Ethics and Public Policy Center study, showing 11% of users faced “serious adverse events,” prompted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to direct FDA Commissioner Martin Makary to review “the latest data.” However, the FDA prematurely issued the approval without the results.
