{"id":8073,"date":"2025-12-09T12:17:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/leaders-of-2-major-anti-abortion-groups-call-for-trumps-fda-chief-to-be-fired-2\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T12:17:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:17:27","slug":"leaders-of-2-major-anti-abortion-groups-call-for-trumps-fda-chief-to-be-fired-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/leaders-of-2-major-anti-abortion-groups-call-for-trumps-fda-chief-to-be-fired-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders of 2 major anti-abortion groups call for Trump\u2019s FDA chief to be fired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Two of the country\u2019s largest anti-abortion organizations want President Donald Trump to fire U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary over access to medication abortion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, expressed frustration Tuesday that the FDA hasn\u2019t completed a review of the prescription drug mifepristone.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe FDA needs a new commissioner who will immediately reinstate in-person dispensing as it existed under President Trump\u2019s first term and immediately conduct a comprehensive study,\u201d she wrote in a statement. \u201cCommissioner Makary is severely undermining President Trump and Vice President Vance\u2019s pro-life credentials and their position that states should have the right to enact and enforce pro-life protections. Makary must go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, which houses the FDA, wrote in a statement that \u201cFDA\u2019s comprehensive scientific reviews take the time necessary to get the science right, and that is what Dr. Makary is ensuring as part of the Department\u2019s commitment to gold-standard science and evidence-based reviews.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">White House spokesman Kush Desai wrote in an email to States Newsroom that \u201cMakary is working diligently to ensure that Americans have the best possible, Gold Standard Science study of mifepristone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe White House maintains the utmost confidence in Commissioner Makary, whose leadership at the FDA has delivered and continues to deliver one landmark victory for the American people after another, from cracking down on artificial ingredients in our food supply to conducting the first safety review of baby formula in decades,\u201d Desai added. \u201cUninformed attacks against Commissioner Makary from individuals outside the Administration will not change these facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>FDA approval\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mifepristone is one of two pharmaceuticals used in medication abortion. It is FDA-approved for up to 10 weeks gestation and can be prescribed via telehealth and shipped to patients remotely.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">About 63% of the abortions in 2023 were medication, as opposed to procedural, according to the Guttmacher Institute.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The U.S. Supreme Court\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/us-supreme-court-rejects-attempt-limit-access-abortion-pill-6\" target=\"_blank\">rejected an attempt<\/a> by anti-abortion medical organizations to overturn the FDA\u2019s current prescribing guidelines for mifepristone in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Numerous medical organizations, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Medical Association,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/dozens-friend-court-briefs-backing-abortion-pill-access-arrive-supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\">filed briefs<\/a> to the justices in that case attesting to the safety and efficacy of medication abortion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe scientific evidence is overwhelming: major adverse events occur in less than 0.32% of patients,\u201d the groups wrote. \u201cThe risk of death is almost non-existent.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>\u2018No preconceived plans\u2019<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Makary\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/trump-nominee-head-fda-wont-make-any-commitments-abortion-pill-access\" target=\"_blank\">testified before a Senate committee<\/a> in March as part of his confirmation process that he planned to review data on mifepristone and follow the research where it led him.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI have no preconceived plans on mifepristone policy except to take a solid, hard look at the data and to meet with the professional career scientists who have reviewed the data at the FDA,\u201d Makary said at the time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Lila Rose, founder of the anti-abortion group Live Action, also called for Makary to be fired, writing in a social media post that his request to delay the results of the review until after the November 2026 midterm elections, which was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/health-law-and-business\/fda-slow-walking-a-long-awaited-abortion-pill-safety-study\" target=\"_blank\">reported by Bloomberg Law<\/a>, was unacceptable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf Dr Makary will not act as head of the FDA to protect children and mothers he should be fired,\u201d Rose wrote, later adding the administration should, \u201cBan the abortion pill now!\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Americans United for Life CEO John Mize released a statement after meeting with Makary, saying it \u201cis glaringly obvious that flawed political calculations\u201d have stalled the FDA\u2019s review of mifepristone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cTo avoid political backlash in the upcoming midterm elections, advisors within the Administration are acting on a false premise, that emphasizing the importance of women\u2019s safety and direct in-person consultation with her clinician is a political liability,\u201d Mize wrote.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Two of the country\u2019s largest anti-abortion organizations want President Donald Trump to fire U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary over access to medication abortion.\u00a0 Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. 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