Posted on 12/09/2019 7:32:09 PM PST by Morgana
The Food and Drug Administration warned Monday that eliminating restrictions on abortion drugs, as 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg suggested, could cause serious complications for women.
The South Bend mayor suggested ignoring the FDAs Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) applied to the abortion drug mifepristone in a Nov. 25 survey conducted by The New York Times. REMS is an FDA drug safety program the agency requires for certain medications with serious safety concerns.
Steps we can take in the interim to improve access to abortion include expanding access to abortion via telehealth, eliminating the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) warning that ignores decades of evidence indicating that these medications are safe, and expanding the types of medical professionals able to prescribe them, Buttigieg told The NYT.
He also said he would make mifepristone and misoprostol, another abortion drug, available over the counter.
But the FDA told the Daily Caller News Foundation on Monday that REMS is put in place to mitigate the risk of serious complications associated with mifepristone for medical termination of early pregnancy.
The REMS program mitigates these risks by requiring healthcare providers who prescribe mifepristone to be certified in the Mifepristone REMS Program; ensuring that mifepristone for medical termination of early pregnancy is only dispensed in certain healthcare settings by or under the supervision of a certified prescriber; and informing patients about the risk of serious complications associated with mifepristone, the FDA Office of Media Affairs told the DCNF. Primis Player Placeholder
The FDA Office of Media Affairs added that the REMS applied to mifepristone reflect the FDAs conclusion that certain distribution restrictions are necessary to ensure the safe use of the drug.
Buttigiegs campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment from the DCNF.
Buttplug is on the secular warpath.
The use of this drug appears to have caused death for some women.
I’d suggest that anyone considering using it should do diligent research, and have ready access to an emergency medical facility.
These drugs are legitimate drugs for abortion. An act that I absolutely abhor. They should only be used under the strict supervision of a physician. I most look forward to the day these drugs are not used for this horrific act. Oddly those same drugs have very legitimate places for other types of therapy aside from abortion They will be used until our laws are changed relative to abortion.
cpdiii (Clinical Pharmacist)
Don’t worry, Buttgiggety; nothing you do can result in a pregnancy.
“Oh, but he’s a moderate,” is the refrain I keep seeing...
Pete just needs to retire to a dark place with his favorite butt plug and shut up
There are plenty of FDA approved drugs that already cause Abortions, Heart Disease, Cancer, Neurological conditions, brain bleeds, etc. Cytotec will cause contractions that will cause an abortion.
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