Illinois Bill Would Allow Abortion Pills With No Limits, Even if FDA Says Abortion Drug is Unsafe

The Democrats often flatter themselves as “the party of science” but, with science as with judicial review, they prefer to shop for a venue they know will decide in their favor. When it comes to abortion and women’s health, the Left now prefers to sideline the U.S. government in favor of the globalist World Health Organization (WHO).

A new bill, which swept through Illinois’s Democrat-controlled state legislature and now awaits the signature of possible 2028 Democratic presidential hopeful Governor J.B. Pritzker, would allow the abortion industry to continue dispensing the abortion pill, even if the FDA makes it illegal — as long as mifepristone carries the WHO’s endorsement.

“If a drug had been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration before January 1, 2025, the revocation of approval of the drug by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after that date shall not cause it to be deemed an adulterated drug in violation of this Act if the drug is recommended for use by the World Health Organization, even if the drug’s labeling reflects prior approval that is no longer in effect,” says the bill’s final enrolled text.

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“We are allowing a foreign organization to determine if our drugs are safe and effective over our own FDA,” said state Rep. Kevin Schmidt (R-Millstadt). “They’re turning to the WHO, an unelected foreign body that doesn’t even have a drug safety review process,” state Rep. Bill Hauter (R-Morton), who is also a medical doctor, told local media. “No responsible doctor is going to prescribe a drug that doesn’t meet FDA standards.”

The bill poses a danger to patients and to national sovereignty alike. “The bill doesn’t specify a drug; it could apply to any drug that fits these stipulations, placing the World Health Organization’s authority over that of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in some instances,” notes Bridget Sielicki of Live Action News.

There seems little doubt whose side WHO takes on abortion and other social issues. In March 2022, WHO added “comprehensive abortion care” to its list of “essential health services” during a pandemic and called on nations to “counteract conservative opposition” to abortion. Last year, the WHO cemented a partnership with the radical Center for Reproductive Rights.

The bill to allow a globalist body of which the U.S. will soon no longer be a member to overrule officials of the duly elected U.S. government passed the state Senate 38-19 on May 20 and the state House of Representatives 75–39 on May 22; both votes on a party-line basis. It now sits on the desk of Governor Pritzker. He has 60 calendar days to sign or veto the bill, or let it become law without his signature.

LifeNews Note: Ben Johnson is senior reporter and editor at The Washington Stand. 

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