Please join us in supporting this petition drive by Students for Life. The FDA Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs just approved what they claim is a contraceptive drug, ella. But the ella drug is more than a contraceptive drug, it is also a pill which destroys the life of a human embryo.
Read more below from Students for Life and please sign the petition.
For Immediate Release
Contact: Lucy McVicker, 703-351-6280, lmcvicker@studentsforlife.org
SFLA Reaction and Petition Against FDA Approval of New Abortifacient Drug
www.ellacausesabortions.com
Arlington, VA – On June 17th, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs approved “ella”, a dangerous abortifacient drug, for sale within the U.S. The drug now goes before the FDA for final approval.
While being billed as a contraceptive pill, “ella” does not only prevent conception from occurring but it can also terminate the life of an existing human embryo. Women can take the drug up to five days after intercourse, well after life has been created. Because “ella” blocks the progesterone receptors needed for the continued development of the human embryo, “ella” causes an abortion if taken after conception occurs. This makes “ella” an abortion drug, not a contraceptive drug.
Kristan Hawkins, SFLA’s Executive Director, stated, “Because of the deceptive tactics by Planned Parenthood and their abortion industry allies, many women will take this drug thinking it will only prevent pregnancy. However, if they take it after fertilization – when a new human life, separate from the mother and father is created – ‘ella’ will cause an immediate abortion.”
In response to the FDA Advisory Committee’s decision of this new super-abortifacent, Students for Life of America has launched a petition, www.ellacausesabortions.com, against the FDA decision, addressed to the Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. “We want the Secretary to know that pro-life Americans will not tolerate these new life destroying and deceptive tactics from the abortion industry,” said Kristan Hawkins.
Students for Life of America is a non-profit organization dedicated to equipping the pro-life generation with the resources they need to end abortion in America. Since launching its historic Field Program in 2006, SFLA has helped start over 350 new student pro-life organizations and trained thousands of pro-life students. For more information on SFLA, please visit www.studentsforlife.org.
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Students for Life of America
4141 N. Henderson Rd., Suite 7
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: 703.351.6280 Fax: 866.582.6420
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