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The Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill last week that would protect abortionists who mail the abortion pill out of state by allowing them to leave their names off of pill bottles. According to a state website, Senate Bill 25-129 “authorizes a prescription label for mifepristone, misoprostol, and the generic alternatives to those prescriptions to include only the name of the prescribing health-care practice instead of the name of the practitioner.” It has further provisions to shield and protect law-breaking abortionists in the state by prohibiting local entities from participating in out-of-state abortion investigations. Colorado already has a shield...

One of the jobs of the United States Postal Service (USPS) is to “prevent the flow of illicit drugs and contraband through the mail stream” and to “eliminate the mailing of opioids and other illicit drugs and it works closely with other law enforcement agencies, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to share intelligence, coordinate cases and conduct joint enforcement operations” according to its website (emphasis added). Since that website also clearly states, “The Postal Inspection Service enforces over 200 federal statutes related to crimes that involve the postal system, its employees, and its customers” (emphasis added), then it stands...

A New York doctor was indicted by a grand jury in Louisiana on criminal abortion charges for allegedly prescribing an abortion-inducing drug to a teen in the state, which has one of the country's strictest abortion bans. Ten jurors in the District Court for the Parish of West Baton Rouge unanimously voted to charge Margaret Carpenter and her practice, Nightingale Medical located in New Paltz, New York, with a felony. If convicted, Carpenter could face up to 15 years in prison and up to $200,000 in fines. The Louisiana teenager’s mother was also charged. ‘It is illegal to send abortion...

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein wants to ensure his state allows killing babies in abortions regardless of what President Donald Trump may do. Stein has issued an executive order to bolster protections for abortion businesses. The executive order directs state agencies to refrain from cooperating with out-of-state investigations or prosecutions related to abortion – which would allow abortion facilities to break other states’ pro-life laws. That sets them up for legal safeguards from mailing dangerous abortion drugs that kill babies to people in pro-life states. The order also ensures that all data and information surrounding abortions remains private – which...

CV NEWS FEED // New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced Jan. 14 that the state will “stockpile” mifepristone, a drug used in chemical abortions, as a precautionary measure ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House next week. The Democrat governor’s announcement came during his State of the State address, where he outlined his administration’s stance on abortion and other priorities, NJ.com reported. Murphy said that New Jersey is preparing to resist potential “anti-choice” policies under the Trump administration and a Republican-led Congress. He described the move to stockpile mifepristone as essential to ensuring that “every woman can...

The attorney representing the cities of Hobbs and Clovis, New Mexico, says he is “thrilled” with a ruling issued January 9 by the New Mexico Supreme Court that invalidates his clients’ local ordinances outlawing abortion. Jonathan F. Mitchell of Mitchell Law PLLC explained in a statement what might appear on the surface to be a surprising reaction to the loss. “This is the first court to hold that an ordinance requiring compliance with the federal Comstock Act prohibits the shipment and receipt of abortion-related paraphernalia in states where abortion remains legal,” Mitchell wrote. “We look forward to litigating these issues...

CV NEWS FEED // Americans United for Life (AUL), a leading pro-life advocacy group, has published a report on the importance of federal rules regulating mail-order abortions. The Biden Administration wants to eliminate those rules. AUL states that the Aug. 26 report “provides an overview and statutory history of federal mail-order abortion rules,” addressing misconceptions about the rules. Litigation Counsel Carolyn McDonnell, the report’s author, explains that 18 U.S.C. §§ 1461–1462, part of the federal Comstock Act, restricts the US Postal Service from mailing abortifacients. Express companies, common carriers, or interactive computer services are also restricted from mailing abortifacients. Moreover,...

Former President Donald Trump again drew outrage from pro-life organizations this week after he said he would not ban the distribution of abortion pills by mail if elected, drawing outrage from pro-life organizations. In an interview with CBS News on Monday, Trump answered whether he would enforce the Comstock Act if he won the 2024 presidential election. As explained by reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns, the 1873 law could "prohibit the … distribution of medication abortion by mail." "No," Trump responded. "We will be discussing specifics of it but generally speaking, no." When asked again if he would enforce the Comstock Act,...

On Thursday, three Democratic senators introduced a bill to legalize the distribution of the abortion pill by mail. The abortion pill has become America’s most popular form of abortion, due to its lower cost and liability to the abortion industry. Yet a federal law known as the Comstock Act prevents the abortion industry from mailing the pills to women, outlawing the shipping of “every article or thing designed, adapted or intended for producing abortion” via the U.S. mail. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced a bill to repeal the abortion provision of that...

New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer has falsely claimed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has “never issued a warning” against buying abortion pills online, which often occurs through the mail. The pro-abortion activist lawmaker made the claim during a press conference outside a pro-life pregnancy resource center, where he besmirched the center’s credibility while unveiling plans to further target these life-saving centers as “deceptive.” The press conference held on April 22, 2024, which aired live on the congressman’s Facebook page, took place outside one of the offices of the First Choice Pregnancy Center where the pro-abortion representative described...