The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's chief counsel, Hilary Perkins, has resigned, the federal agency said in a post on social media platform X on Thursday, just two days after her appointment was announced.

Just two days after starting at the FDA, the agency’s Chief Counsel Hilary Perkins is signing off, effective immediately. | The FDA chief counsel pick quickly attracted controversy due to her prior defense of medical abortion under the Biden administration's Department of Justice.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 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,