Another Abortion Pill??? (SBA)

Another abortion pill?It appears the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving quickly towards approving ella (Ulipristal Acetate), to be marketed in the in the U.S. as an emergency contraceptive, even though it is similar to RU-486, the chemical abortion pill, which has caused severe injury to women—even causing deaths. Like RU-486, ella functions by blocking progesterone receptors which prevents an embryo from implanting in the uterine wall and could prevent an already implanted embryo from receiving proper nutrition—causing an abortion.

Congressman Joe Pitts (R-PA) has written a letter urging the FDA to do additional research on ella and emphasizing that the drug should NOT be approved at all if it could end the life of an unborn child.

If ella is deceptively marketed as an emergency contraceptive, women will be misled into thinking the drug will prevent pregnancy, when it could actually result in an abortion of their unborn child.

Ask your Representative to co-sign Rep. Pitts’ letter to the FDA, urging them to do further research on ella. We only have until Wednesday to get as many co-signers as possible.

The FDA is supposed to exist to protect Americans from harmful drugs—which is why they must do more research before approving ella—as they risk approving a drug which could end the lives of the youngest, most vulnerable Americans. When the abortion pill RU-486 was approved, it was done so without enough research—a mistake which has resulted in thousands of women injuring themselves—and some even dying. The fight to end the use of RU-486 continues, but now there is an additional battle to be waged.

We can’t let another abortion pill make its way into pharmacies across the country.

Please ask your Congressman to co-sign Rep. Pitt’s letter today, and insist the FDA do more research before approving ella.



With you in this fight for Life,

Marjorie Dannenfelser
President, Susan B. Anthony List
www.sba-list.org