[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16896]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           RU-486 KILLS WOMEN

  (Mr. SMITH of New Jersey asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, the FDA issued a stern warning 
on Tuesday about the dangers to women from RU-486, the abortion drug 
the Clinton administration aggressively pushed through approval without 
proving its safety. Not only is RU-486 baby pesticide, killing unborn 
children up to 7 weeks, it is poison to the women themselves. Licensed 
by the Population Council, manufactured in the PRC, and widely 
disbursed by Planned Parenthood, at least five women have died in the 
U.S. after taking this dangerous drug. As a result of these women's 
deaths and serious concerns that many more women have died as well--
underreporting is a serious problem--new drug labeling will warn women 
that serious danger of sepsis and blood infection can occur.
  Because RU-486 was rushed to approval by the Clinton administration 
using the expedited FDA subpart H process, which is supposed to be used 
for HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases, numerous safety 
concerns were suppressed, trivialized and overlooked. The Clinton FDA 
approval process was a gross sham. The approval of RU-486 is a scandal 
that is today killing women. The FDA must pull this dangerous drug and 
Congress must pass Holly's Law.

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