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ChampionedAbortion

Pledged to introduce the SAVE Moms and Babies Act to reverse the FDA's action expanding access to abortion drugs and to restore in-person medical dispensing requirements for those drugs.

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ChampionedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 95%

Both cited sources are reachable and verify the rating. The promise (2023-01-24) was to INTRODUCE the SAVE Moms and Babies Act to reverse the FDA's action expanding abortion-drug access and restore in-person dispensing requirements. On 2023-01-26 Hyde-Smith introduced S.95 as the PRIMARY/LEAD Senate sponsor. The PRIMARY source (her own Senate office) confirms she is the lead sponsor, "chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus," who "renewed a legislative effort" — i.e., authored and led it, not a mere vote or cosponsorship, satisfying the CHAMPIONED leadership bar. Both cited quotes appear verbatim: the bill "would reinstate the in-person dispensing requirement for abortion drugs, blocking their remote distribution by mail or through telemedicine," and Hyde-Smith stated "The Save Moms and Babies Act would reverse the FDA's reckless and illegal action, and at minimum restore the basic health and safety requirements for these dangerous abortion drugs." BillTrack50 (secondary) independently confirms Cindy Hyde-Smith as primary sponsor, date introduced 01/26/2023, and status "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions." The bill later died in committee, but the promise was specifically to introduce-and-lead, which she fully accomplished. One minor, non-load-bearing discrepancy: the rationale cites "34 cosponsors" while the press release cites 23 original cosponsors and BillTrack50 shows 33 total sponsors — cosponsor counts drift over time and do not affect the outcome. Quotes are authentic and the outcome is not overstated.

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