Josh Hawley

Planned Parenthood Votes Colorado executive director Sarah Taylor‑Nanista blasted Sen. Josh Hawley’s "Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act" in a fundraising email, calling mifepristone "the safe and widely used medication" for more than 25 years, accusing Hawley of relying on "false claims" and saying the bill is meant to shut down medication and telehealth abortion access and strip reproductive rights. Hawley’s proposal would seek to revoke FDA approval of mifepristone, create a private right of action for women to sue manufacturers and impose new criminal labeling and distribution penalties under the FD&C Act; Hawley cites an Ethics and Public Policy Center analysis alleging a 10.93% serious‑adverse‑event rate within 45 days, while Planned Parenthood counters that decades of evidence show mifepristone is safer than many over‑the‑counter medicines, including Tylenol.