During a July 15 confirmation hearing for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Senate Republicans repeatedly referenced the legal battle over mifepristone, with Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Katie Britt (R-AL) arguing that access to mifepristone makes women more vulnerable to abusive partners who would force them to undergo an abortion against their will. MS NOW guest Joyce Vance summarized the tactic: “Senate Republicans are coming for mifepristone, and it’s interesting how they’re doing it. The Washington Examiner published an op-ed titled “Abortion pills don’t empower women. But in a January MedPage Today article, Dr. Dara Kass, Dr. Stephanie Psaki, and Brown University professor Liz Tobin-Tyler pushed back on the forced abortion narrative: