INTERVIEW | Dr. Ingrid Skop on Why FDA Abortion Pill Rule Change Harms Women

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🗓️ 18 January 2023

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The Food and Drug Administration has permanently changed its restrictions on abortion drugs. Following an official rule change in early January, women no longer need to see a doctor in person to be prescribed chemical abortion pills. The move, according to OB-GYN Dr. Ingrid Skop, is opening women up to the “Wild West” of abortion. “With all the removal of the restrictions by the FDA, it is the Wild West,” Skop, a senior fellow and director of medical affairs at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, says. “We know there have already been documented cases of women much further along than 10 weeks who've been provided abortion pills by the boyfriend or the father of the baby who did not want her to be pregnant.” Abortion pills are only authorized to be used up to 10 weeks of pregnancy, but Skop says there “have been cases of 31-, 33-week infants being delivered because [the abortion pills will in] many cases not kill the baby, but it'll induce labor because of the misoprostol.” Skop joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain why the FDA has approved the mail-order abortions for women and is now allowing pharmacies to fill prescriptions for abortion pills. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The FDA has changed its rules, opening the doors for widespread male-order abortions and
0:18.2	permitting pharmacies to fill prescriptions for chemical abortion drugs.
0:22.7	The Biden administration began loosening its restrictions on abortion pills more than
0:27.2	a year ago.
0:28.4	In the pandemic, the in-person distribution rule for chemical abortion pills was put on
0:33.9	a temporary hold.
0:35.5	Well, that temporary hold has been made permanent, meaning that a woman never has to see a
0:40.9	doctor in person before being prescribed and taking abortion pills.
0:47.3	Dr. Ingrid Scott is a practicing OBGYN and a senior fellow and director of medical affairs
0:53.8	at the Charlotte-Loscher Institute.
0:55.9	He joins me on the show today to discuss what this change means for women and why the
1:01.3	Biden administration's actions are putting women's health at risk.
1:06.2	Stay tuned for our conversation after this.
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1:45.5	It is my pleasure today to welcome to the show Dr. Ingrid Scott.
1:50.4	She is a senior fellow and director of medical affairs at the Charlotte-Loscher Institute.
1:56.0	Dr. Scott, thank you so much for joining us today.
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