The 3 - May 18, 2025

Pro-life organizations take aim at mifepristone after shocking study on abortion pill

Within the last few weeks, the Ethics and Public Policy Center has released the results of a study that shows, regarding the abortion pill, mifepristone, according to The Washington Stand, "although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) claims that less than half a percent of women experience serious complications, the actual rate of damage done by the drug is significantly higher."

The article relates that over 865,000 mifepristone abortions were studied between 2017 and 2023. The report found that almost 11% of "women who used the abortion drug mifepristone experienced serious complications within 45 days as a result."

The Washington Stand stated:

The EPPC’s report finds that complications arising from mifepristone are at least 22 times more common than the 0.5% of cases touted by the FDA. The new report is, according to EPPC, “the most comprehensive study of chemical abortion safety ever conducted in the U.S.” It relies on data collected from 28 times more mifepristone abortions than the FDA’s research does and, further, is more recent and more accurate to real-world circumstances. The EPPC noted that the FDA relies “entirely on data from more than a decade ago” from “a prescreened group of generally healthy women recruited into various clinical trials conducted at different times around the world.”

As a result of these findings, a consortium of over 50 organizations, led by Family Research Council, have sent a letter to President Trump "detailing the dangers of mifepristone and asking him to support state-level pro-life laws and reconsider the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) approval of mifepristone, or at the very least reinstate safeguards originally enacted when the abortion drug was approved in 2000." That's according to another Washington Stand article. 

Meanwhile, according to the Missourinet website: "The Trump Administration is asking a federal judge to dismiss Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s lawsuit that seeks to restrict access to a popular abortion drug."

The article states: 

A U.S. Justice Department brief says Bailey’s lawsuit was filed in Texas, which is not a plaintiff in the case. It says the suit should have been filed in a federal court in Missouri, Kansas, or Idaho.

According to the U.S. Justice Department, Missouri, Kansas, and Idaho fail to identify imminent harm they personally face regarding the access of mifepristone.

Bailey, in a statement published by the website, cited what appears to be the EPPC study, stating: "Beyond a reasonable doubt, the evidence clearly establishes that mifepristone poses a grave risk to the health of women. The most recent study says 1 in 9 women who ingest this powerful chemical will end up in the ER or worse."

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley is quoted as saying: “The chemical abortion drug, which is what this case is about, (harms) more than 10% of the women who take it,” adding, “It causes serious medical episodes, hemorrhaging, mass infections, trips to the emergency room. The lawsuit is about, should there be safety regulations around the drug? There should be.” He said that “I don’t think the President has anything to do with it...I think it’s lawyers in the Department of Justice and the Deep State who like Biden’s rules on abortion and want to protect them. And I just think that’s a mistake.”  However, it has been reported that the President has indicated support for future distribution of mifepristone. 

In his questioning of Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in a congressional hearing last week, according to The Daily Citizen, Hawley referenced the EPPC study.  The article says:

Secretary Kennedy confirmed that he had seen the study and acknowledged the data was “alarming” and that, at the very least, the label should be updated to reflect its true danger to women.

He then explained he has instructed the director of the FDA to do a “complete review” of the chemical abortion pill and report back to him with the findings.

Secretary Kennedy confirmed the review is a top priority, but didn’t have a deadline for when the work will be finished.

Tennessee governor signs bill to prevent use of "gender pronouns"

A major legislative victory in the state of Tennessee involves the use of so-called "gender pronouns," which refer to a student using pronouns that are not consistent with his or her biological sex - in other words, these are falsehoods.  

Recently, Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation that,  according to Alliance Defending Freedom, "prohibits government entities from forcing students, teachers, professors, and other public employees to use inaccurate pronouns in violation of their sincerely held beliefs..."

ADF Senior Counsel Matt Sharp, in a statement, said:

Words and language carry meaning, and when used properly, they communicate truth about the world. Forcing individuals to say things that are false—such as inaccurate pronouns—imposes real harm on the speaker. In no world is it acceptable for the government to discipline students or force good educators or other public servants out of a job all for the sake of promoting gender ideology. With this legislation, Tennessee is rightfully stepping into the gap to protect freedom of speech and conscience.

California school district secures victory in gender notification case

More now from what I call the "genderverse," an uncomfortable, godless place in which men can become women and women can become men, there are more than the two genders that are stated in Scripture, and people are punished for "misgendering," or using a pronoun that does not comport with one's biological sex:

The power of the genderverse, I believe, is being systematically and incrementally broken.  Gov. Lee's signature on the Tennessee bill is one example.  So, is a court ruling recently that temporarily upholds the rights of parents to opt their children out of classes where gender ideology will be taught.  First Liberty Institute states:

The United States District Court for the Southern District of California granted a motion for preliminary injunction requiring the Encinitas (CA) Union School District to provide notification and opt-outs to parents and students when promoting gender ideology in “buddy classes,” a mentoring program coupling older and younger students. First Liberty Institute and the National Center for Law & Policy filed a complaint and motion for preliminary injunction in September 2024.

Nate Kellum, Senior Counsel for First Liberty, is quoted as saying: “No child should be forced to speak a message that violates his religious convictions,” adding, “We are grateful for the court’s decision and will continue to fight to ensure that elementary children are not forced to participate in lessons about gender identity that violate their faith.”