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Dec. 10, 2025 Senator Hawley sends another letter to then-FDA Commissioner Makary
demanding a “specific timeline” for completion of FDA’s mifepristone
review.5
May 12, 2026 Makary resigns as Commissioner of FDA. The press reports that one
factor contributing to his “rocky tenure” at FDA was anti-abortion groups’
accusation that he was “slow-walking” the mifepristone review.6
The press also reports that “[w]ithin hours of his appointment,” Acting
FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantas reached out to “several anti-
abortion leaders” to assure them that “he is morally opposed to the
procedure.”7
Aug. 19, 2026 President Trump nominates Heidi Overton to succeed Makary as FDA
Commissioner. While working at the America First Policy Institute, Dr.
Overton co-authored a paper on “Risking Two Lives: The Dangerous Rise
of Chemical Abortion,” in which she opined that mifepristone posed “a
serious threat to women’s health.”8
Aug. 27, 2026 The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions issues a
report titled “Mifepristone Without Guardrails: An Investigation Into
How Chemical Abortion Drug Makers Are Putting Mothers and Babies
At Risk” (the “Senate HELP Report”).9 The Senate HELP Report....[continues on next page, not shown] concludes that ““FDA should step in to institute more stringent REMS requirements that provide sufficient guardrails to discourage inappropriate use of products approved with ETASU.”
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