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Oklahoma has approved a measure that would require abortion practitioners to follow the guidelines the FDA has set forward on the dangerous RU 486 abortion drug.

A legislative committee in Oklahoma has approved a measure that would require abortion practitioners to follow the guidelines the FDA has set forward on the dangerous RU 486 abortion drug. The bill requires them to ask women to return for a follow-up after using the mifepristone pill. Rep. Skye McNiel, a Republican who sponsored the bill, said she learned abortion practitioners were not having women come back for a follow-up appointment after prescribing the drug.

The abortion pill works in a two-part process -- with the first drug causing the baby’s death and a second causing contractions to expel the dead baby’s body. The Food and Drug Administration says women should be told to come back for a second visit to make sure the abortion is complete and that no parts of the baby’s body remain inside the woman after the abortion. McNiel said some abortion practitioners were not seeking a follow-up.