Washington D.C., Jan 18, 2012 / 09:47 am
Nearly 20 members of Congress voiced their support for an Ohio law regulating the use of the abortion drug RU-486 in compliance with U.S. Food and Drug Administration protocol.
The legislators backed the law in a brief filed in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which would prohibit abortion providers from encouraging women to use RU-486 in “off-label” ways that have not been approved by the FDA.
“Eight women in the U.S. have died from bacterial infection following the misuse of RU-486 – a misuse advocated by Planned Parenthood,” said Dr. Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life, in a Jan. 10 statement.
“Ohio’s law is simply a medical regulation aimed at promoting the safest use of a drug, as it was approved to be used by the FDA,” she added.