Pro-life org disappointed in SOTU’s failure to address mail-order abortion drugs

By Tate Miller
The Center Square

Pro-life organization Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is disappointed that mention of what it considers a dangerous mail-order abortion pill was absent from Tuesday evening’s State of the Union, after earlier in the day releasing its own “State of the Unborn” address.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser told The Center Square that “President Trump’s State of the Union was historic in length, yet he failed to address one of the most urgent and growing crises facing our nation: the pressing issue of dangerous mail-order abortion drugs.”

“The silence was deafening, especially as the Biden-era reckless mail-order abortion policy continues to erode pro-life gains and harm women and babies nationwide,” Dannenfelser said.

Earlier on Tuesday, Marjorie Dannenfelser released a “State of the Unborn” address, in which she detailed what abortion looks like in the nation today.

Dannenfelser called on the Trump administration and GOP leaders to “stand firm on the Hyde Amendment and tackle the crisis of mail-order abortion drugs that is fueling hundreds of thousands of American deaths a year,” according to a press release on the State of the Unborn address..

Dannenfelser told The Center Square that.”tragically, abortions are up, not down, since Dobbs at 1.1 million annually, largely because more than 60% are abortions fueled by mail-order drugs that bypass state protections.”

Dobbs refers to the landmark Supreme Court case in which Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey were overturned, and it was decided that abortion is not constitutionally protected, as stated by the National Constitution Center.

Dannenfelser told The Center Square that “horror stories are emerging across the country” about the mail-order abortion pill.

“Women are being poisoned and forced into abortions by abusers, traffickers, pimps, boyfriends, and exes ordering the drugs online,” Dannenfelser said.

“Just yesterday, a federal district court in Louisiana held a hearing in Louisiana v. FDA, where Attorney General Liz Murrill and abortion drug coercion survivor Rosalie Markezich highlighted the devastating harms that mail-order abortion drugs are causing,” Dannenfelser said.

Dannenfelser noted that the mail-order abortion issue “is all thanks to Biden’s COVID-era policy of abortion drugs by mail.”

“The Trump-Vance administration could reverse [the policy] today if they chose to act,” Dannenfelser said. “The GOP base is waking up to this harsh reality.”

“Recent polling revealed that 32% would be less enthusiastic about voting in the November midterm election if GOP leaders abandon pro-life policies and 34% would be less willing to volunteer – numbers that rise even higher among the most engaged GOP voters,” Dannenfelser said.

“This problem will only grow as the reality sets in,” Dannenfelser said.