LifeNews.com By S.A. McCarthy
A strong majority of Americans of all political stripes support restoring regulations surrounding the abortion drug mifepristone, according to a new survey. A poll conducted by CRC Research found that more than two-thirds (67%) of Americans would support a decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require an in-person physician’s visit when prescribing and dispensing the abortion drug mifepristone. Over 70% of Republicans would support the move, along with a strong majority of both Independent voters (68%) and Democrats (63%). Only 27% of survey respondents said that they would oppose such a move from the FDA.
When the abortion drug was first approved by the FDA in 2000, it was regulated by a number of guidelines, including required physicians’ visits before the drug could be prescribed, a requirement that the drug be dispensed and consumed in-person, and mandatory follow-up visits with a doctor. Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden weakened many of those safeguards in 2016 and in 2021, respectively, no longer mandating that the drug be prescribed or dispensed in-person and eliminating the previously-required physician’s visits. At present, the abortion drug can be prescribed remotely and shipped across the nation through the mail. No follow-up appointments are required to address serious and life-threatening complications.
In comments to The Washington Stand, Mary Szoch, director of the Center for Human Dignity at Family Research Council, shared, “It’s not shocking that the majority of Americans don’t want a woman to be alone in her dorm room or bathroom delivering her visibly recognizable unborn child and then determining whether the excruciating pain she’s experiencing and massive amounts of blood she’s seeing are ‘normal’ or life threatening.” She added, “This scene is something out of a horror movie, but sadly it is a reality for many of the mifepristone abortions that take place…
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