“Mifepristone sends 1 in 10 women who use it to the emergency room with life threatening conditions.”
What FactCheck.org found
A report from an anti-abortion nonprofit found a serious adverse event rate of 10.93% following mifepristone abortion, but the report is missing key information on its methods, and a variety of other studies found a much lower rate of harms.
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In short
Josh Hawley made this claim around 4 May 2026. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 May 2026, 8 days later. Its rating was “Unsupported”.
Josh Hawley has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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