Family Council Launches Grassroots Effort Urging Trump Administration to End Mail-Order Abortion Drugs

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Thursday, June 11, 2026

Little Rock, Ark. — On Thursday, Family Council launched a grassroots effort calling on the Trump administration and members of Congress to end former President Joe Biden’s dangerous mail-order abortion policies and restore the in-person doctor’s visit requirement that must be met before a woman can obtain chemical abortion drugs.

In a statement, Family Council President Jerry Cox said, “This is a women’s health issue. Abortionists in other states are shipping abortion pills into communities in Arkansas in violation of state law and with no medical oversight. We are urging Arkansans to contact the Trump administration and their members of Congress this week, and ask that federal officials reinstate the medical safeguards that the Biden administration removed. Arkansans can learn more at abortioncrimebymail.com.”

Cox said two-thirds of Americans believe abortion pills need to be restricted, saying, “A recent Federalist poll found that 67 percent of likely voters support reinstating the in-person doctor’s visit requirement for abortion pills — including 63 percent of Democrats and 72 percent of Republicans. This is plain common sense, and Americans across the political spectrum agree.”

Cox said recent criminal cases show what happens when abortion pills can be ordered online and shipped to any mailbox with no medical gatekeeper. “We’ve seen cases in Ohio, Texas, and Louisiana where abortion drugs were ordered online and then either given to women secretly without their knowledge or consent or where women were coerced into taking the abortion drugs. Last year, the Arkansas Legislature passed Act 485 clarifying that it is a crime to secretly give a pregnant woman abortion-inducing drugs without her knowledge or consent. The federal government’s current policy of allowing abortion drugs by mail puts women at risk, and it undermines good state laws like Arkansas Act 485 that are designed to protect women. This needs to change. That’s why we are calling on our federal leaders to reverse the Biden administration’s abortion drug policies, and we are working with our friends across the state to help them contact their congressional leaders as well. Arkansans can learn more at abortioncrimebymail.com.”

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