Martin Makary - Reproductive Freedom for All

Formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America

Martin Makary

FDA Commissioner Nominee


The Fox News contributor who has pushed anti-abortion disinformation on air could effectively ban medication abortion and control the availability and affordability of birth control nationwide.

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Exploiting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is one of the avenues Trump could use to effectively ban medication abortion nationwide—without needing Congress.

As FDA Commissioner, Martin Makary could play a vital role in making this possible—but together we can fight back and make sure our senators don’t confirm his nomination.

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Threats to Reproductive Freedom
  • The FDA plays a critical role in reproductive health care by regulating access to safe and effective medications, including contraception and medication abortion.
  • The FDA can also influence the availability and affordability of contraceptives, including the first over-the-counter birth control pill that was recently approved (Opill).
  • Trump will use Makary to implement Project 2025, which explicitly calls for revoking FDA approval of mifepristone and adding unnecessary restrictions to block abortion access, restrict birth control, and more.
  • If both are confirmed, Makary would report to HHS Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who supports a national abortion ban. These two extremists could work in lockstep to weaponize HHS and FDA to undermine reproductive freedom in other ways.
Background on the FDA and Reproductive Freedom
  • Anti-abortion extremists have long dreamed of banning abortion nationwide by weaponizing the FDA to block access to mifepristone, which is used in more than half of all abortion care nationwide.
  • This radical idea gained traction last year by forcing a bogus case aimed at revoking the FDA’s approval of mifepristone in front of a federal district court in Texas.
  • The court case moved all the way up to the Supreme Court and is moving through courts again after three Republican attorneys general filed an amended complaint.
  • Mifepristone has been FDA-approved for more than 20 years based on longstanding evidence that the medication is safe and effective–even safer than Tylenol.
Makary's Record on Reproductive Freedom
  • Makary has spread blatant lies about abortion on Fox News—and as FDA Commissioner he would have the power to block access to essential medication and abortion care.
  • Trump is packing his administration to the brim with extremists, and Martin Makary is no exception. Just like his other nominees, Trump knows he can count on Makary to carry out his dangerous agenda without question.

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