Montana Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines last week urged federal health authorities to investigate the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone, citing health risks raised in a study spearheaded by a religious, conservative think tank.

Most abortions in the United States are performed using the combination of mifepristone and misoprostol, which together are used to terminate pregnancies through 10 weeks. In Montana, medication abortions accounted for 84% of those recorded in 2023, according to national reproductive rights advocacy group the Guttmacher Institute.

But anti-abortion interests have long sought to undermine access to the drugs, which can be prescribed without having to see a patient in person and sent through the mail to a person’s home. And a report released by the Ethi

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