JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) - Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger, alongside Sen. Josh Hawley, has introduced a bill that would ban the chemical abortion drug mifepristone.

The Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act would "restore accountability and help ensure that women's health and safety - not politics - guide federal drug policy," Harshbarger said in a release. "Evidence now suggests that real-world risks to women are greater than the federal government has acknowledged," she said.

The release said the act would:

• Withdraw the FDA's approval of mifepristone for abortion.
• Make distributing and labeling mifepristone for pregnancy termination violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
• Create a private right of action for women harmed by chemical abortion to sue manufacturers for damages.

I believe every drug approved in the United States must meet the highest standards of safety, transparency, and medical oversight. Yet the FDA under previous administrations has steadily dismantled critical safeguards surrounding the abortion drug mifepristone - removing in-person dispensing requirements, allowing the drug to be shipped through the mail, and limiting adverse event reporting so the most serious complications are no longer tracked.

Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger

The drug accounted for 63 percent of all abortions in the country in 2023, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

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