Family Council Joins Brief Defending States’ Authority to Protect Life
Last week, Family Council joined 37 other organizations in a federal legal brief against mail-order abortion drugs.
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 the Biden Administration, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration began allowing 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 undermined Arkansas’ good, pro-life laws that protect women and unborn children from abortion.
In response, the State of Missouri has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the FDA’s mail-order abortion drug protocols. Last week, Family Council joined an amicus brief led by Advancing American Freedom in that lawsuit.
The brief urges the Court to defend the states’ ability to enact and enforce their pro-life laws that protect women and unborn children from abortion drugs.
This is the second time in less than two months that Family Council has participated in amicus briefs against abortion drugs. In February, we also joined a legal brief in Louisiana’s lawsuit against the FDA’s abortion-by-mail policy.
A good court ruling in these cases could help stop the flow of abortion drugs across state lines.
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.
Family Council is pleased to join with so many other excellent groups who are willing to stand up for innocent human life in court.
You Can Read The Amicus Brief Here.
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Latest Oregon Report Shows Sobering Statistics on Assisted Suicide
Oregon’s 2025 “Death with Dignity Act” report shows a staggering number of people ended their lives under the state’s assisted suicide law last year.
In 1997, Oregon became the first state in America to legalize physician-assisted suicide, and since then policymakers have worked to make it easier for people to receive a prescription for lethal drugs.
Family Council has written repeatedly about the problems with Oregon’s assisted suicide law over the years.
Oregon’s 2025 reports show that a record 637 lethal prescriptions for assisted suicide were written last year.
Of the people who ended their lives in Oregon, most did not indicate they were concerned about managing their pain in the face of a terminal illness.
Instead, loss of autonomy, being less able to engage in activities that make life enjoyable, and loss of dignity were the reasons most people cited for requesting a lethal prescription.
Only two people were referred for psychiatric evaluation last year before ending their lives.
Nearly 40% said they were concerned about being a burden to family, friends, or caregivers, and more than one in 20 people (6%) who opted for assisted suicide in Oregon last year said they were concerned about the financial implications of medical treatment. That’s deeply concerning.
Patients who are lonely and feel like they are losing control over their lives need counseling and support — not a deadly prescription.
Experience has shown that assisted suicide doesn’t help people who are sick or dying, and it doesn’t remain limited to a few cases.
In the U.S., insurance companies have refused to pay for patients’ medical care, but have offered to cover assisted suicide drugs.
Patients in Europe and Canada reportedly have been denied care or actively euthanized as a result of assisted suicide laws.
Stories like these are part of the reason why Family Council has strongly opposed assisted suicide legislation in Arkansas.
Being pro-life means believing innocent human life is sacred from conception until natural death.
Just like abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide violate the sanctity of innocent human life.
Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.