This week has been busy for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
First, he gave a masterclass in how to respond to inane Democratic “gotcha” questions.
He followed this action up by directing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a comprehensive review of the abortion pill mifepristone, citing new evidence of safety concerns.
This decision was announced during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing, where Kennedy referenced a recent study by the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) that reported higher rates of serious adverse events associated with mifepristone than previously indicated by FDA labeling.
“It’s alarming,” RFK Jr. said of a recent study conducted by the Ethics & Public Policy Center that found nearly 11% of women who used the popular abortion pill mifepristone experienced a “serious adverse event.”“I have asked Marty Makary, who is the director at FDA, to do a complete review and report back,” the HHS secretary revealed during a Senate Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Committee hearing.The Ethics & Public Policy Center study – the “largest-known” on the abortion pill – analyzed insurance claims data from 865,727 prescribed mifepristone abortions between 2017 and 2023.The study found 10.93% of women experience sepsis, infection, hemorrhaging, or another serious adverse event within 45 days following a mifepristone abortion.
It must be noted that mifepristone, often used in combination with misoprostol for medical abortion, has been associated with rare but serious cases of sepsis. Sepsis is a life-threatening medical emergency that occurs when the body’s response to an infection becomes extreme and starts to damage its own tissues and organs instead of just fighting the infection. This overactive immune response triggers widespread inflammation, which can lead to tissue damage, organ dysfunction, and, if not treated quickly, death.
While the overall risk is extremely low, at least 32 fatalities have been reported as of 2022. But what is even more staggering is the fact the same report indicates 5.9 million women have taken this drug.
A staggering figure of death and devaluation of human life.
Of course, abortion supporters swooped down to support the pharmaceutical product.
“Well, the good news is, scientists have studied the safety of mifepristone for over 25 years, and the evidence is crystal clear: Mifepristone and medication abortion is safe and effective,” Kelly Baden, the vice president for public policy at the Guttmacher Institute, said in a video statement. She added that the organization’s researchers found that medication abortion accounted for nearly two-thirds of all U.S. abortions in 2023.Mifepristone is safe when used as directed, according to the Food and Drug Administration, which continues to “closely monitor” the postmarketing safety data on mifepristone.
Democrats are also in hysterics about the order, especially erstwhile 2028 presidential aspirant California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Newsom criticized Kennedy’s request as being based not on scientific evidence but on politically motivated misinformation. The push stems from claims made by the Ethics & Public Policy Center, a conservative think tank known for its longstanding opposition to reproductive rights. Despite more than two decades of clinical data and a well-documented safety record, Kennedy is seeking a reevaluation of the drug’s approval status.“This is yet another attack on women’s reproductive freedom and scientifically-reviewed health care from an HHS Secretary who just yesterday said in a Senate hearing: ‘I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me,’” Newsom said in a statement. “California will continue to protect every person’s right to make their own medical decisions and help ensure that mifepristone is available to those who need it.”
Given what happened related to the COVID-19 vaccine, another look at all the science and data is warranted…especially in the area of reproductive health for women. The Big Pharma-Big Government-Big Media complex cannot be trusted, and its “science” is not trustworthy unless it can be validated or replicated.
It will be interesting to see what new facts the safety review will find.
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