Congress debated abortion pills this week after the Food and Drug Administration approved a generic version of the drug. The U.S. Senate gathered for a hearing on January 14 to address the issue, which has drawn criticism from Pro-Lifers who are urging the Trump administration to stop abortion pills, not approve new ones.
During the hearing, many lawmakers and doctors used the same logic we saw in Texas this year, which led to a huge crackdown on abortion pills being mailed.
The statistics presented were clear:
- Dr. Wubbenhorst testified that these drugs hurt women.
- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost explained that abortion pills are often used by criminals, including men who force women into aborting their babies.
- Texas Congressman Chip Roy pointed out that abortion pills have increased the number of abortions overall.
One senator’s testimony stood out in particular. It came from Ohio Senator Jon Husted.
He shared that he started life in foster care and was later adopted. His birth mother faced intense pressure from his biological father to have an abortion, but she chose adoption instead. It raises an important question when thinking about abortion. If abortion pills had been as easily available then as they are today, could his outcome have been different?
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He also highlighted several cases across different states where men illegally coerced women into taking abortion pills. In these cases, the man was often the one who obtained the medication.
These hearings help promote the cause of Life and keep people thinking about the harms of abortion. But we need more than Senate hearings. We need more than heated debates and conversations. We need our laws to be enforced and national action to be taken.
There is already one way to stop the mailing of illegal abortion pills without passing any new law. It is an 1873 law known as the Comstock Act. This policy was passed over a century ago, banning obscene materials in the mail, which includes abortion pills. All that would need to happen is for President Trump to enforce this existing law.
This is where faithful Pro-Life advocates like you come in. It is time to put pressure on the Trump administration to enforce the Comstock Act and save preborn babies across America.
Enforcing this law would help stop criminals from getting access to these drugs, prevent babies from being killed without a woman’s consent, protect women from serious complications, and give babies the chance to be placed into loving families instead of losing their lives alone.
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