Fact: New drug "ELLA" can act as an abortofacient.

FDA Approves New Abortion Drug, but Deceivingly Labels Ella as 'Emergency Contraceptive'

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Ella, a drug that can cause abortions but is misleadingly labeled as a more effective "Emergency Contraceptive."

Jeanne Monahan, Director of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council, had the following to say:

"The FDA opted against including the critical fact that Ella can cause an abortion on a baby already implanted in its mother's womb in the drug labeling information. This decision flies in the face of the Obama Administration's promise to transparency and a commitment to science. The difference between preventing and destroying life is enormous, and women have the right to know how this drug will act on their bodies and on their babies.

"Since Ella is chemically similar to RU-486 (which has been the cause of at least six deaths reported to the FDA in less than six years) it is likely that the serious health concerns for women will be similar. The FDA has very little knowledge about how this drug will impact women's health and for that reason alone should do more research before approval.

"In approving Ella, the FDA also ignored concerns raised in early August by ninety-one members of Congress, including fourteen Democrats. In a letter to the FDA Commissioner, these members requested that the FDA postpone approval of Ella until they could prove it did not cause abortions, among other conditions. Additionally, approval of Ella raises concerns about taxpayer funding of abortions, since currently the U.S. Government will pay for emergency contraception, but not abortion pills.

"The FDA advisory panel largely ignored important questions, including impacts on women's health and the abortifacient capacity of Ella. The FDA and the Obama Administration now follow suit. By approving this drug quietly on a Friday afternoon when most of Washington was on vacation, the Obama Administration and the FDA once again placed politics above science, women's health and informed consent.

"FRC and other pro-life leaders promise to do everything possible to educate the public about the truth of Ella."

Click here to watch FRC's new video on the new abortion drug, Ella.

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Comments

[Atlanta Catholic]

The chemical drug RU-486 was an evil name for an evil drug. The manufacturers of the drug wanted the name to mean.. Are you for 86ing your pregnancy? The slang term to 86 something means to kill it, get rid of it or toss it in the trash. They could not market the drug with the label that read "Are you for killing your baby?" so they chose to call it RU-486. How incredibly evil.

Now with the help of the FDA, Obama's pro death agenda marches on. This is one of the areas where Obama is very open and transparently pro-death.

My Catholic friend who works as a pharmacy tech does not assist customers who want the morning after pill. The other pharmacy techs asssist the customer because of my friend's religious beliefs. When someone comes to the counter and asks questions about the morning after pill my friend is allowed to say, "Just one moment please" and she does not have to assist them.

What a seemingly harmless name "Ella" for such a deadly drug. I wonder what the meaning is behind the name "Ella"?

[Lu]

Just to point out, as a reminder, the FDA is an arm of the executive branch of government, under the Secretary of Health and Human Services.I don't think I need to point out who she is, because we Catholics have been talking about her since her nomination. I'm just saying....