Never mind whether it’s safe
Abortion activists just want it available out there for women to take, informed or not.
A Senate committee turned back a vote on an amendment to an FDA measure that would have suspended sales of the dangerous RU 486 abortion drug. Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, put forward the measure because the drug has killed several women in the United States.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted on the amendment Wednesday and defeated it on a 12-8 mostly party-line vote.
Why does it always come down to party politics, even when women’s health is at risk?
The amendment would have immediately suspended approval of any drug that have been approved by the FDA under subpart H that is associated with more deaths than lives saved.
The only currently approved drug likely to have been suspended by the amendment would have been RU-486, the abortion drug combination, which is associated with the death of at least six women in the U.S. alone — and an unknown number of unborn children — but has not saved a single life.
This drug has very serious risks.
The first victim of RU 486 was a Tennessee woman who died after using the abortion drug. She had an undetected ectopic pregnancy, and the drug is not supposed to be used in such situations.
Following her death, four California women died from using the abortion drug and the FDA announced last year that a Colorado woman had died as well.
Women have died from using the abortion drug in Canada, England, France and Sweden.
And yet, it’s all about politics. Let’s see, who did what here…
Voting for the amendment were Republican Sens. Mike Enzi of Wyoming, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Johnny Isakson of Georgia, Orrin Hatch of Utah, Pat Roberts of Kansas, Wayne Allard of Colorado, and Coburn.
Democrats Chris Dodd of Connecticut, Tom Harkin of Iowa, Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, Patty Murrary of Washington, Hillary Clinton of New York, Barack Obama of Illinois, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, and Bernie Sanders of Vermont all voted against the amendment.
Two of them are running for president. I wonder if any reporters along the campaign trail might ask them about this vote. They can get information to prepare for that here, and plenty more here.
