Last week, Family Council joined 49 other pro-life organizations in a legal brief challenging mail-order abortion drugs before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Arkansas law generally prohibits abortion except to save the life of the mother, and it is a crime for an abortionist to mail abortion drugs like RU-486 into the state.
But under President Biden, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration loosened its safety protocols to allow mail-order abortion drugs. Pro-abortion states have also enacted “shield laws” for abortionists who mail abortion drugs into states like Arkansas.
All of that has created a dangerous industry of abortion-by-mail in Arkansas and across the nation.
The State of Louisiana has filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s mail-order abortion rules, and on May 1 a three-judge panel from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the FDA’s protocols.
But almost immediately, two abortion drug manufacturers appealed that decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. As a result, the Court issued an administrative stay letting mail-order abortion drugs resume at least until 5:00 P.M. on Monday, May 11.
Our friends at Advancing American Freedom worked very quickly to draft and file an amicus brief against the drugs, and Family Council was able to join that brief at the U.S. Supreme Court.
The amicus brief argues that states have the authority to restrict or prohibit abortion, and that the FDA is undermining pro-life laws in states like Arkansas.
New evidence shows that abortion drugs are much more dangerous than the FDA previously thought.
A recent study by the experts at the Ethics and Public Policy Center found abortion drugs are at least 22 times more dangerous than the drugs’ labeling indicates. Nearly 11% of women experience serious health complications from abortion pills — including sepsis, infection, and life-threatening hemorrhage.
Abortion drugs hurt women and kill unborn children. These drugs should not be available at all — much less through the mail. We believe our federal courts ultimately will recognize that fact and make it possible for states like Arkansas to enforce their laws against mail-order abortion.
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