Neary said that his group is trying to stop Mifepristone because of its abortion nature. Abortion is abortion. While these pro-life organizations focus on Mifepristone as a drug that can only cause a loss of life, they fail to acknowledge that it can save many more. These organizations that stood against Mifepristone's approval are causing death and unnecessary pain for people like Laird who suffer from meningiomas and do not have access to research treatment programs. Mifepristone does this by blocking progesterone receptors that influence tumor growth.
Mifepristone also keeps fibroid tumors from growing in the same way.
In addition to its effectiveness with tumors, researchers believe that Mifepristone stops the negative affects of the cortisol hormone. Now that the FDA approved Mifepristone, scientists and physicians can better research all the possible benefits of this drug. If a scientist found a possible cure for Cancer and HIV, the public would be outraged if the FDA took 12 years to approve it. Mifepristone in many ways has the potential to be that drug. Pro-life organizations are so concerned with saving the lives of unviable fetuses that they unforgivably slowed the FDA approval process costing the lives of many people who would have benefited from Mifepristone.