This bill increases mandated visibility and 24/7 access to abortion-pill-reversal resources for people using mifepristone but does so by imposing contested medical claims on drug labeling, narrowing referral options, creating potential legal conflicts with the FDA, politicizing reproductive services, and imposing compliance costs on manufacturers.
Women seeking information about mifepristone will have access to a 24/7 hotline that offers immediate support and referrals for abortion-pill-reversal services.
People prescribed or taking mifepristone will see a standardized warning and a clear phone number on the drug labeling within six months, improving visibility of assistance resources.
Women prescribed mifepristone may receive misleading or clinically disputed claims on the drug label about progesterone counteracting the medication, undermining informed consent.
People calling the mandated hotline could be referred only to providers who offer abortion-pill-reversal, narrowing care options and potentially directing callers to providers offering nonstandard or unproven treatments.
Patients seeking Title X or related reproductive services may face reduced privacy or increased stigma because linking a hotline to abortion care could politicize federally supported services and deter care-seeking.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires mifepristone labels to warn that natural progesterone can counteract it and adds a 24/7 federal hotline that refers callers only to abortion-pill-reversal providers.
Introduced January 28, 2025 by Mary E. Miller · Last progress January 28, 2025
Adds a new FDA labeling requirement for the abortion drug mifepristone requiring a conspicuous warning that natural progesterone can counteract mifepristone and may increase the chance of fetal survival, and requires the label to display a toll-free hotline number. Creates a federal, 24/7 toll-free hotline (run by the Department of Health and Human Services directly or via grant/contract) to provide support for people seeking to reverse the effects of mifepristone, with referrals limited to health care providers that offer abortion pill reversal (APR) services. The labeling change takes effect six months after enactment; the bill does not specify an effective date for the hotline beyond directing the Secretary to establish or maintain it.