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Republicans Press Trump Administration to Halt Mail-Order Abortion Pills Crossing State Lines

Speakers at a Capitol press conference said the FDA’s promised mifepristone safety review has stalled.

Overview

  • Family Research Council leaders joined the Louisiana and Ohio attorneys general along with Republican lawmakers to urge the Justice Department and HHS to end mail distribution of abortion drugs.
  • Sen. Lindsey Graham argued that federal mail dispensing undercuts state abortion bans and called for a return to in‑person visit requirements used during the first Trump term.
  • Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill pointed to her lawsuit challenging the FDA’s mail policy and said Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected her request to extradite a California doctor accused of sending pills to a Louisiana resident.
  • Speakers criticized the FDA for approving a generic version of mifepristone while a broader safety review remains unfinished and pressed the administration to repeal Biden‑era rules.
  • Advocates cited reports alleging that more than one in ten users experience adverse events and warned about cases of partners obtaining pills online and coercing women to take them.