Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is vowing to carry out a new government study of abortion medication that could lead to further restrictions on the drug that is the main method of ending pregnancies nationwide.
The controversial Trump administration official told a group of Republican states that the Food and Drug Administration will probe whether mifepristone should face new guidelines for use in abortions even though it has been declared safe and effective for years.
“(We) will conduct a study of the safety of the current (safety protocol) in order to determine whether modifications are necessary,” Kennedy wrote in the letter dated last week and first reported by ABC. “(It will) review of the evidence, including real-world outcomes and evidence, relating to the safety and ef