The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's chief counsel resigned two days after her appointment, according to a Thursday announcement from the agency.
“Hilary K. Perkins has resigned from her position as Chief Counsel of FDA, effectively immediately,” the FDA wrote in a post on X.
Prior to the selection, she worked in the Justice Department's consumer protection division.
Perkins was handpicked to serve as the top legal aide by Martin Makary, President Trump's nominee for FDA commissioner.
In the days following his decision, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) criticized the move, referencing the attorney as a “Biden abortion lawyer” online.
“I can’t understand why Marty Makary would want someone who used the government to IMPOSE vaccines on millions of Americans and served as a Biden abortion lawyer to be his chief counsel. It calls into question his judgment,” Hawley wrote in a Wednesday post on X, citing her push for federal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine and support for the abortion pill known as mifepristone as a disqualifying factor.
“These positions are - obviously - totally out of line with President Trump,” he added.
The Missouri senator later applauded Perkins' withdrawal from the role, while Makary awaits confirmation from the Senate.
Although the president promised not to restrict mifepristone on a federal level, prescriptions remain illegal in multiple Republican states including Hawley’s.
Both Makary and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared plans to have the FDA to review mifepristone data after an uptick in usage was sparked following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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