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GOP turns up heat on mifepristone

Pressure is mounting from the right on the Trump administration to restrict access to mifepristone, one of the drugs used in medication abortions.

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Conservative lawmakers and anti-abortion groups said they felt betrayed by the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of a second generic version of the drug.

Now, nearly every Republican senator sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary saying the agency should “reevaluate” whether that newly approved drug should stay on the market because of safety concerns.

Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) were the only two Republicans who did not sign the letter.

Additionally, the lawmakers called

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