Abortion Drugs Are Not About Women’s Health

Our friends at Alliance Defending Freedom recently released a video highlighting how abortion drugs are not about women’s health.

Right now, Alliance Defending Freedom is working in court to protect women and unborn children from mail-order abortion drugs.

In June of 2022 the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. That good decision let several states — including Arkansas — enforce pro-life laws generally prohibiting abortion.

But in January of 2023 the Biden Administration’s FDA permanently removed the in-person dispensing requirement for RU-486 and made abortion drugs available by mail.

In October of last year, ADF attorneys and the State of Louisiana sued the FDA for letting abortionists mail these drugs across state lines.

In February, Family Council joined 43 other pro-life leaders in an amicus brief supporting ADF’s lawsuit against the FDA.

The amicus brief argues that states have the authority to restrict or prohibit abortion, and that the FDA’s abortion drug rules undermine states’ authority to enforce their own pro-life laws.

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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration labeling indicates. Nearly 11% of women experience serious health complications from abortion pills — including sepsis, infection, and life-threatening hemorrhage.

These drugs should not be available at all — much less through the mail. We appreciate ADF’s commitment to defending life in federal court.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

Group Tells Pulaski County Court that the Right to Life Includes a Right to Abortion

An organization suing to overturn Arkansas’ pro-life laws in Pulaski County Circuit Court claims that prohibiting abortion violates the right to life.

In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and since then Arkansas law has prohibited abortion except to save the life of the mother. Last year the state legislature took excellent steps to strengthen and clarify Arkansas’ pro-life laws.

But in January, attorneys with a pro-abortion group filed a lawsuit in Pulaski County to strike down those good laws. Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin told media outlets at the time that the lawsuit on its face appears to have little legal merit. Family Council agrees with the attorney general.

The attorney general’s office has asked the court to dismiss the case. In response, attorneys representing the pro-abortion group filed a brief on Monday making the bizarre argument that Arkansas’ pro-life laws violate the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness guaranteed under the Arkansas Constitution.

The brief says:

“Arkansans do not lose their fundamental constitutional rights to life, liberty, equality, and the pursuit of happiness simply because they are pregnant. . . .

“As particularly relevant for Patient Plaintiffs, protection of life and liberty ‘encompasses many personal freedoms including the right to enjoy domestic relations and the privileges of family and home.’

“Other state Supreme Courts interpreting similar inherent and inalienable language have concluded it protects pregnant people and that abortion bans violate those fundamental rights.”

There really are no words to describe the irony of arguing in court that the constitutional right to life means abortionists are free to kill unborn children.

It reminds me of something President Ronald Reagan wrote in 1985: “No longer can advocates of abortion deny reality: Abortion is not merely a matter between a woman and her doctor. For when they say that, surely they are forgetting the unborn child whose very life hangs in the balance.”

Arkansas has been named the most pro-life state in America for the past six years, and lawmakers have enacted excellent legislation protecting women and unborn children from abortion and supporting women with unplanned pregnancies.

Public opinion polling has shown time and again that most Arkansans are pro-life and oppose abortion on demand.

Arkansas’ pro-life laws reflect Arkansans’ pro-life views. These laws protect everyone’s right to life — including the unborn child’s.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states like Arkansas are free to enact laws restricting or prohibiting abortion. We are confident our courts ultimately will uphold Arkansas’ pro-life laws against this legal challenge.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

Arkansas Attorney General Asks Court to Dismiss Abortion Lawsuit

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin’s office has asked a Pulaski County court to dismiss a lawsuit trying to strike down the state’s pro-life laws.

In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and since then Arkansas law has prohibited abortion except to save the life of the mother. Last year the state legislature even took steps to strengthen and clarify the state’s pro-life laws.

But in January, attorneys with a pro-abortion group filed a lawsuit in Pulaski County to strike down Arkansas’ pro-life laws. The 86-page legal complaint also specifically mentions the pro-life work of groups like Family Council and Arkansas Right to Life as well Gov. Sanders and Attorney General Griffin.

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin told media outlets at the time that the lawsuit on its face appears to have little legal merit. Family Council agrees with the A.G.

In its motion asking the court to the dismiss the case, the A.G.’s team argues that the lawsuit fails to state proper claims when it comes to Due Process, Equal Protection, and other legal provisions. The A.G. also argues that the plaintiffs lack standing and that the court lacks jurisdiction for this type of legal challenge.

Arkansas has been named the most pro-life state in America for the past six years, and lawmakers have enacted excellent legislation protecting women and unborn children from abortion and supporting women with unplanned pregnancies.

Arkansas’ pro-life laws reflect Arkansans’ pro-life views.

Public opinion polling has shown time and again that most Arkansans are pro-life and strongly oppose abortion on demand. Last June, Pew Research found 57% of Arkansans believe abortion should be prohibited in all or most cases.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states like Arkansas are free to enact laws restricting or prohibiting abortion. We are confident our courts ultimately will uphold Arkansas’ pro-life laws against this legal challenge.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.