Mike Pence Says He Wants Abortion Pill, Mifepristone, Taken Off The Market Immediately

Former Vice President Mike Pence said during a pro-life summit that he wants the abortion pill, known as Mifepristone, to be taken off the market immediately.

Pence appeared at the Students for Life of America (SFLA) National Pro-Life Summit this month.

He sat down for a Q&A with SFLA President Kristan Hawkins at the beginning of the event.

Pence was asked what a pro-life president should initially do if elected in 2024.

“I think that our new president should direct the new attorney general to suspend all efforts to harass pro-life activists in America,” Pence said. “And frankly I think they should pull the abortion pill off the market.”

“I believe those are two urgent causes and I think we have to step forward and make that happen on day one,” Pence said.

The Supreme Court is expected to hear a case that could end the FDA’s authorization of Mifepristone and remove it from the market.

Pence has always been strongly pro-life and made the issue central to his failed presidential campaign.

“I’m pro-life,” Pence stated during an interview with Robert Costa on CBS’ Face the Nation last year. “I don’t apologize for it. I think the fact the Biden administration allowed Mifepristone to be made available on a mail-order basis was a fundamental change. Even in states that have limited abortion. I’d like to see this medication off the market to protect the unborn.”

“But also, I have deep concerns about the way the FDA went about approving Mifepristone 20 years ago,” he added. “I’m grateful that action is being taken in the courts to hold the FDA accountable to what the law requires in reviewing any medication that’s made on the marketplace. So for the sake of protecting the unborn, but also for the health and safety of women – I’m looking forward to this – this litigation continuing and holding the manufacturers of Mifepristone accountable – and ultimately – and putting the interests of women first.”

“The cause of restoring the sanctity of life to the center of American law is the calling of our time,” Pence replied. “The Supreme Court in the Dobbs decision last June gave the American people a new beginning for life. It returned the question of abortion to the states and to the American people. But it didn’t just return it exclusively to the states.”

“And that’s where I disagree with the former president,” he went on to say. “This isn’t a states only decision. We have elected representatives in the Congress of the United States and we’ll elect a president again in 2024. And I think the American people would welcome a minimum national standard in Washington, D.C. – 15 weeks.”

Last fall, Special Counsel Jack Smith‘s office issued a subpoena to Pence about the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, prompting him to attend interviews where he revealed information from his handwritten notes, suggesting that he considered taking Trump’s advice to skip the electoral certification of the presidential election.