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WASHINGTON, June 1 /Standard Newswire/ -- Today, Americans United for Life filed testimony with the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs, urging the FDA not to approve the abortion drug Ulipristal or make it available over-the-counter.
"The FDA and abortion proponents are misrepresenting Ulipristal as an 'emergency contraception' drug -- it's simply the next generation of RU-486," said Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President and CEO of Americans United for Life. "The American people need to know that Ulipristal is a dangerous drug that will place women's lives in danger."
The abortion drug RU-486 is the parent compound of Ulipristal. RU-486 subjects women to drastic health risks, including risks of bacterial infection and hemorrhage. To date, at least 13 women have died after using RU-486. Ulipristal is subject to similar risks, and unsupervised, over-the-counter access would put countless women's lives in danger.
The testimony filed by Americans United for Life with the FDA Advisory Committee is available here.
Americans United for Life (AUL) is a nonprofit, public-interest law and policy organization whose vision is a nation in which everyone is welcomed in life and protected in law. The first national pro-life organization in America, AUL has been committed to defending human life through vigorous judicial, legislative, and educational efforts at both the federal and state levels since 1971.
AUL's legal team has been involved in every pro-life case before the U.S. Supreme Court including the successful defense of the Hyde Amendment. AUL also publishes Defending Life, the most comprehensive state-by-state legal guide of its kind, which is distributed annually to legislators across the nation.
Recently, Americans United for Life detailed the facts on taxpayer-funding of abortion during the debate over federal health care legislation, provided legal assistance to states working to opt out of abortion provisions created by federal health care law, and has played a major role in educating policymakers on the record of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.
