Washington, May 8 -- Congressman Pat Ryan issued the following press release:
Today, Congressman Pat Ryan re-introduced the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act, which would reaffirm that a non-political, scientific Food and Drug Administration (FDA), not extremist courts or politicians, has clear and pre-emptive authority to regulate abortion medication, including mifepristone.
The introduction follows action from the Supreme Court this week, temporarily striking down a Louisiana lower court ruling restricting access to mifepristone (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/us/politics/supreme-court-abortion-pill.html), which has been approved by the FDA for more than two decades. As the future of abortion medication access remains in flux, Ry...