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Students for Life: Abortion pill review ‘must go back to the beginning’

Anti-abortion advocates aren't satisfied with how the Trump administration is conducting its safety review of the abortion pill mifepristone.

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Students for Life of America (SFLA) President Kristan Hawkins is sending letters to the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Environmental Protection Agency.

In drafts shown exclusively to The Hill, Hawkins warned officials that the review will fail unless federal regulators conduct their own research and don’t look to previous studies, which have repeatedly found the drug to be safe and effective when taken as prescribed.

“Even if you wanted to accept past studi

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