Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, the FDA issued a stern warning on Tuesday about the dangers to women from RU‑486, the abortion drug the Clinton administration aggressively pushed through approval without proving its safety.

    Not only is RU‑486 baby pesticide, killing unborn children up to 7 weeks, it is poison to the women themselves. Licensed by the Population Council, manufactured in the PRC, and widely disbursed by Planned Parenthood, at least five women have died in the U.S. after taking this dangerous drug. As a result of these women's deaths and serious concerns that many more women have died as well -- under-reporting is a serious problem ‑‑ new drug labeling will warn women that serious danger of sepsis and blood infection can occur.

    Because RU‑486 was rushed to approval by the Clinton administration using the expedited FDA subpart H process, which is supposed to be used for HIV/AIDS and other life‑threatening diseases, numerous safety concerns were suppressed, trivialized and overlooked. The Clinton FDA approval process was a gross sham. The approval of RU‑486 is a scandal that is today killing women. The FDA must pull this dangerous drug and Congress must pass Holly's Law.