Harris mistakenly said the Federal Drug Administration approved the abortion pill mifepristone more than two decades ago — but such an agency doesn’t exist.
The Food and Drug Administration is the correct title for the administration also referred to as the FDA, which signed off on the abortion drug.
She brought up the ongoing court battle over the FDA’s decision to approve mifepristone — which is often used with a second drug to end pregnancies without the need for surgery — in 2000. She argued that what happened with mifepristone could happen to any other FDA-approved drug that Americans rely on.
Trump-appointed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who was once an anti-abortion activist, sided with pro-life groups who claimed the FDA’s approval some 23 years ago was wrong to approve the drug.
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