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Live Action Leads Coalition Letter Demanding FDA Reverse Approval of New Abortion Drug and Pull Abortion Pill From the Market

For Immediate Release
October 3, 2025                                                                                      
Noah Brandt
Vice President, Communications
media@liveaction.org

Live Action Leads Coalition Letter Demanding
FDA Reverse Approval of New Abortion Drug and Pull Abortion Pill From the Market

Washington, D.C. —Today, Live Action, one of the nation’s leading human rights organizations, has released a coalition letter signed by the most influential leaders in academia, law, and the pro-life movement responding to the FDA’s approval of a new generic version of the abortion pill. The coalition demands that the agency reverse that decision.

Lila Rose, founder and president of Live Action, commented, 

“The FDA has made a reckless and harmful mistake. The approval of this new generic version of the abortion pill comes less than one month after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy confirmed that the FDA would conduct a new review of abortion drugs. This dangerous policy is in violation of what Secretary Kennedy has said publicly regarding his concern for the safety of mothers who take the abortion pill. Mifepristone was developed solely to kill babies, and in that process, it often harms mothers. 

The FDA is not focused on American healthcare and blatantly disregards the safety of women and children. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and HHS Secretary Kennedy Jr. must reverse this decision immediately, for the safety of our nation’s women and children.” 

The coalition letter emphasises the following:

  • Chemical abortion accounts for nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the United States, ending the lives of an estimated 7.5 million children since its approval. 

  • The recent study of the EPPOC shows that 1 in 10 women who take the abortion pill have serious adverse events, such as sepsis, infection, and hemorrhage. This is at a rate 22 times higher than reported by the FDA. 

  • Minimal safeguards allowing for online and telehealth distribution increase risk for coercion and abuse.

The coalition letter states that “...this decision should be immediately reversed, and mifipristone should be pulled from the market altogether. Every abortion is a violation of human rights, and every life lost is an irreplaceable son or daughter. The federal government must stop enabling this violence under the false banner of “healthcare.”

Signatories include: 

Lila Rose
Founder and President
Live Action

Kristan Hawkins
President

Students for Life and Students for Life Action

D Dr. Gary Hollingsworth

Interim President, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission

The Southern Baptist Convention

Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D.

President

The Ethics and Public Policy Center

Penny Nance

CEO and President
Concerned Women for America 

Jonathan M. Alexandre, Esq.

VP of Governmental Affairs

Liberty Counsel Action

Tony Perkins 

President 

Family Research Council 

David Bereit
Executive Director
Life Leadership Conference

Mathew D. Staver, Esq., B.C.S.

Founder and Chairman

Liberty Counsel

Tim Chapman

President
Advancing American Freedom

Kelsey W. Reinhardt

President & Chief Executive Officer
CatholicVote

Christian McGrew
President and Founder
Defending Life Alliance of Florida

Most Rev. Michael F. Burbidge

Bishop

Catholic Diocese of Arlington

Andrew T. Walker

Associate Professor of Christian Ethics & Public Theology
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Noah Brandt
Executive Director
Live Action Victory

Jor-El Godsey

President

Heartbeat International 

Dr. Christina Francis, MD
CEO
American Association of ProLife OB/GYNs

Dr. William Lile, D.O.
FACOG
Founder of ProLifeDoc.org

Robert P. George, JD, DPhil, DCL, DLitt

McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence

Princeton University

Seth Dillon

CEO

The Babylon Bee

Peter Breen
Executive Vice President & Head of Litigation
Thomas More Society 

Representative Reagan Paul
Maine State Representative 

Representative Rachel Rodriguez-Williams
Wyoming State Representative

Kathi A. Aultman, MD FACOG

Ryan Bomberger
Chief Creative Officer
Radiance Foundation 

About Lila Rose and Live Action
Lila Rose founded and serves as president of Live Action. Live Action is a 501(c)3 human rights non-profit and the digital leader of the global pro-life movement. Live Action exists today to shift public opinion against abortion and to defend the rights of the most vulnerable. With over 7.5 million social media followers and 2.5 billion lifetime video views, Live Action reaches individuals 43 million times per month– saving lives and transforming hearts, with 43% of surveyed followers saying Live Action’s content has changed their position against abortion. Through compelling educational media, human interest storytelling, investigative reporting, and community activism, Live Action reveals the humanity of preborn children and exposes the abortion industry’s exploitation of women and families for profit. Lila is also the author of Fighting for Life: Becoming a Force for Change in a Wounded World. Find Lila on Twitter at @lilagracerose, and Instagram at @lilaroseofficial, and Facebook at @lilagracerose. Find out more at http://www.liveaction.org.