The looming expiration of Obamacare subsidies for tens of millions of Americans has more lawmakers — particularly vulnerable Republicans — sweating the political fallout and ready to compromise. But odds for a deal remain slim, and an unresolved fight over abortion could lower them to zero.

Though Trump took a national abortion ban off the table, they’re still pushing to restrict abortion pills via FDA and EPA regulations.

Following a pressure campaign from anti-abortion groups, Makary and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in June that they would conduct a new assessment of mifepristone despite the drug’s 25-year safety record.

Hawley and other anti-abortion groups and legislators say the health organization is "slow-walking" a review of the drug mifepristone.