Several GOP senators are exerting pressure on the Food and Drug Administration to curtail illegal sales of unapproved and misbranded versions of mifepristone sold online, escalating the conflict between anti-abortion Republicans and the Trump administration over the abortion pill.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), chairman of the Senate health committee, along with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and three others, sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary on Wednesday asking the agency for details on its enforcement actions against illegal sales of abortion pills.
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There are three FDA-approved makers of the abortion pill mifepristone: Danco Laboratories, which received approval in 2000 for the brand name Mifeprex; GenBioPro, which received the first generic approval in 2019; and Evita Solutions, which received generic approval in October 2025.
But there are various domestic and international websites that sell unapproved abortion drugs directly to U.S. customers, often without a prescription or medical oversight.
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