(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee’s new report on abortion drug companies says that the field’s practices endanger women’s lives with little accountability. The report was released as the FDA continues its longstanding review of abortion pills as well as calls for an end to the Biden administration’s mail-order abortion policy.
A committee spokesman told The Center Square that “chemical abortion drug makers profit off killing innocent children while putting mothers’ lives at risk.”
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