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ashington state's attempt to become an abortion pill vendor has allegedly failed after it spent millions to stockpile the drugs, which are soon set to expire. Key Takeaways: * A recent op-ed from an abortion provider laments the fact that Washington state stockpiled a large number of abortion pills that are set to expire soon. * The state reportedly paid a higher rate for the drugs than abortion providers, and a statute requires the state to sell the drugs at the state's cost plus a handling fee; this has made it difficult for the state to offload the drugs to...

A campaign to encourage people to order abortion pills by mail even before they are pregnant is about to hit Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, putting more women and unborn children at risk of serious harm and even death. Shout Your Abortion, Hydra Mutual Aid Fund, and Plan C are launching the public service announcement (PSA) campaign aiming to raise awareness of the abortion drugs, according to an emailed Oct. 21 press release from Shout Your Abortion. The initiative is set to release two “cinematic PSAs” about a single mother and a teenager facing unexpected pregnancies. The videos will direct viewers to...

On the heels of last week’s letter from 51 U.S. senators to the Food and Drug Administration and Department of Health and Human Services, HELP Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy sent an oversight letter today demanding answers from Secretary Robert F. Kennedy and Commissioner Marty Makary. Lawmakers are turning up the pressure after the FDA approved a new generic abortion drug in the wake of the Biden administration’s rollback of commonsense safeguards that required in-person doctor visits. The Biden FDA’s mail-order abortion policy, which is inexplicably still in effect, recklessly endangers women and unborn children while undermining state pro-life laws. All...

A top Catholic bishop decried the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a new generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone as a “shocking inconsistency” that endangers women and facilitates the “killing of more children,” urging a swift reversal amid a pending federal safety review. The FDA’s Octover 1 approval of the generic from Evita Solutions LLC — a company whose mission is to “normalize abortion” and make it “accessible to all” — comes as chemical abortions now account for 63% of all abortions in the United States, according to recent data, killing millions of babies Pro-life advocates warn...

The Environmental Protection Agency has launched an internal review to determine if traces of abortion pills like mifepristone are contaminating America’s wastewater and drinking water. Leading pro-life groups warn the chemicals could be causing miscarriages and stillbirths in unsuspecting communities. The probe, directed by senior EPA officials over the summer, stems from a June 18 letter signed by 25 Republican members of Congress, including Sen. James Lankford and Rep. Josh Brecheen, both of Oklahoma. The lawmakers urged EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to investigate potential pollution from the drug, questioning: “Are there existing E.P.A.-approved methods for detecting mifepristone and its active...

A Nova Scotia mother of five is speaking out after the abortion pill nearly killed her. The abortion pill triggered life-threatening bleeding, forcing emergency surgery to remove part of the baby that nearly cost her life — a harrowing ordeal pro-life advocates say underscores the hidden dangers of chemical abortions pushed as “safe.” Cherise Basque, a woman from Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation, opted for the abortion drug about a month ago on advice from her family doctor, citing bleeding complications in prior pregnancies that had required interventions. She took five pills at home to care for her children during the process,...

he mystery behind generic abortion pill maker Evita Solutions, LLC, is reminiscent of the original abortion pill maker approved in 2000 — Danco Laboratories, which has also been long shrouded in secrecy. Like Danco Laboratories, little is known about Evita Solutions, and thus far, no spokespersons of the company have been revealed. Key Takeaways: * Manufacturers of the generic abortion pill have been shrouded in secrecy. * Last month, Trump's FDA approved a new generic version of the drug mifepristone from Eva Solutions, LLC. * Little is known about Evita Solutions, except that the principal is Robert Patane and the...

House conservatives and a coalition of 51 Republican senators are demanding the firing of top Food and Drug Administration officials who approved a new generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone. The Republicans say the decision endangers women and undermines state laws protecting unborn children. The push escalated after the FDA greenlit the generic on October 1 from Evita Solutions LLC, the third U.S. company authorized to produce the dangerous abortion drug, which now account for 63% of all abortions that kill babies. Critics, including pro-life advocates and GOP lawmakers, argue the approval floods the market with a dangerous chemical...

In February 2024, we reported that Mason Herring, a Houston attorney, had pleaded guilty to injury to a child and assault of a pregnant woman. As part of a plea bargain, Herring was sentenced to a slap on wrist–180 days in jail and 10 years of probation–for secretly drugging his wife’s drinks multiple times to induce an abortion while she was pregnant with their third child. Herring admitted spiking water with the abortion drug misoprostol, which Catherine Herring told the court resulted in her giving birth 10 weeks early. Fortunately, the unborn child survived. But last week, KTRK, a Houston...

A recent Wall Street Journal report described a new legal development in the fight to protect unborn life: a number of fathers are filing lawsuits over abortions carried out without their knowledge or consent. The suits claim harm from the loss of their children and seek accountability from those who facilitated the abortions, including doctors, family members, and abortion pill distributors, the Journal reported Aug. 26. According to the outlet, many of these cases originate in Texas, where state law permits parents to sue for the wrongful death of an unborn child. Some lawsuits target out-of-state providers who mail abortion...

A pro-abortion “health education” group has launched an ad campaign this month in an attempt to reach women in rural West Virginia and Kentucky. Key Takeaways: * Mayday Health was formed in June 2022 in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Its founders are well-connected in the journalism and financial sectors. * Mayday places billboards and ads in areas where abortion is restricted, under the guise of providing “preventative reproductive health information.” * Its latest ad campaign targets rural women in Kentucky and West Virginia with a series of ads placed at gas stations. The Details: An article...

Mayday Health, a company that disseminates information on where and how to obtain abortion pills, is promoting its deadly services with floating billboards off the Florida coast. Key Takeaways: * Mayday Health was formed in 2022 in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. * The group does not commit chemical abortions, but provides information on where and how women can obtain the pills. * Mayday has been placing billboards and ads in pro-life states. * The latest stunt targeted Florida, with floating billboards promoting the abortion pill and its website on boats in the Gulf of Mexico. The...

An Illinois man is facing homicide charges after allegedly slipping abortion pills to his girlfriend without her consent. WMBD-TV reported that 31-year-old Emerson Evans of the community of Normal appeared Monday in McLean County Circuit Court. Judge Amy McFarland agreed to prosecutors’ request to detain Evans pending a trial. Evans faces two counts of intentional homicide of an unborn child, a felony comparable to first-degree murder. Emerson Evans pressured his girlfriend to abort — she refused. So he told the police he "made the decision for her." Evans bought abortion pills for $50. Then allegedly drugged his girlfriend without her...

A Texas woman is suing a U.S. Marine, alleging he spiked her drink with nearly a dozen abortion pills, killing their unborn child, after she rebuffed his repeated requests to “get rid of it,” according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed in federal court Monday. Liana Davis alleges Christopher Cooprider secretly dissolved at least 10 abortion pills into a cup of hot chocolate that he prepared for her April 5 and then left the house and stopped responding as she profusely bled, the suit says. Cooprider, 34, declined to comment Monday. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for...

Doctors and nurses who want to help women with abortion pill reversal treatment after taking chemical abortion pills have won a permanent injunction blocking a Colorado law that prohibited the treatment. In April 2023, Colorado enacted a law making it illegal for medical practitioners to assist women who wanted to reverse a chemical abortion after they had taken the first of two pills in the regimen. The law threatened professional discipline for practitioners who use progesterone to attempt to save the baby’s life. Bella Health and Wellness, a Catholic pro-life clinic in Colorado represented by the Becket Fund for Religious...

A Texas man has filed a landmark federal wrongful death lawsuit against a California abortion provider, alleging the physician "murdered" his unborn children by mailing abortion pills across state lines. The case, Rodriguez v. Coeytaux, marks the first of its kind to test how far pro-life litigants can go to sidestep blue state abortion shield laws using century-old federal statutes and Texas civil code. Filed July 20 in the Southern District of Texas, the lawsuit accuses Dr. Remy Coeytaux of aiding illegal self-managed abortions in 2024, by mailing abortion-inducing drugs to Galveston County, Texas, where they were allegedly used to...

An abortion business in New Hampshire has been accused of attempting to groom and indoctrinate young girls by promoting its business using American Girl Dolls, which have long been marketed to girls 12 and under. While it is unclear if the American Girl company approved the use of its dolls in this manner, its own TikTok account shows it has shifted some of its marketing to young adults — many of whom grew up with the dolls and remain fans. Key Takeaways: * Lovering Health Center, a New Hampshire abortion business, used American Girl Dolls in a recent Facebook post...

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a lawsuit against the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, accusing the abortion organization of misleading women about the safety of mifepristone, a drug used in chemical abortions. The suit, announced Wednesday, seeks millions in damages and aims to hold the national abortion provider accountable for what Bailey calls deceptive practices that endanger women’s health. “Planned Parenthood has a documented history of subverting state law, including failure to file complication reports,” Bailey said in a statement. The lawsuit, filed in response to what Bailey describes as Planned Parenthood’s pattern of violating Missouri regulations, alleges the...

A former Gig Harbor nurse practitioner has pleaded guilty to sneaking pills into his girlfriend last year in an attempt to cause her to miscarry and to trying to silence her from speaking to authorities. David Benjamin Coots, 43, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, tampering with a witness and fourth-degree assault. He wore a blue dress shirt with a tie as Superior Court Judge Pro Tempore James Orlando sentenced him to one year and a day in prison, which the defense and prosecutors agreed to recommend. He also was ordered to have no contact with the victim for 10 years....

A federal court has upheld West Virginia’s abortion, ruling the state can continue protecting babies. On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit rejected a bid by GenBioPro—the generic manufacturer of the abortion drug—to federalize the regulation of prescription drugs, including the abortion drug mifepristone. Then-West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, now governor, assisted by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys, asked a federal district court in February 2023 to uphold the state’s Unborn Child Protection Act against a preemption challenge. In August 2023, the court partially dismissed the lawsuit challenging the law, and GenBioPro appealed the case to...