(The Center Square) – Fifty-one U.S. Senators called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday for more restrictions on access to abortion drugs, including a recently-approved generic drug.

In a letter to agency heads, led by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the Republican senators said mail-order access without first visiting a doctor puts women and children at risk. The letter comes after the FDA quietly approved a generic version of mifepristone last week.

The Senators said the FDA's move also undercuts the anti-abortion movement.

"Unrestricted access to abortion pills is systematically undermining states' rights and violating pro-life state laws," senators wrote. "Every month, thousands of abortion drugs are shipped into states

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