Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., requested Kennedy if he would take motion to evaluation the regulatory actions behind the abortion drug mifepristone.
Mifepristone is an oral drug usually utilized in mixture with one other drug, misoprostol, to induce an abortion or to assist handle an early miscarriage.
The remedy works by blocking progesterone, a hormone that the physique must proceed a being pregnant. The Food and Drug Administration stated it’s secure to make use of as indicated and directed.
Daines expressed concern that mifepristone labeling lists emergency room visits as a attainable complication. ER visits aren’t all the time thought-about a severe opposed occasion by well being care professionals.
Kennedy stated Trump has requested him to review the protection of mifepristone and that the president has not taken a stance on learn how to regulate the remedy.
“No matter he does, I’ll implement these insurance policies and I’ll work with this committee to make these insurance policies make sense,” he stated.
