November 12, 2024
Across America, the abortion industry, its zealous fans, and misguided participants are in panic after the election of President-Elect Donald Trump last week. Thanks to misinformation from the abortion lobby, women have been terrified by all kinds of fake news and speculation, reportedly leading to stockpiling contraception, despite its widespread availability.
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A bill to block contraception, which prevents pregnancy, is not on the table. But when comes to deadly Chemical Abortion Pill, that’s a different story.
These lethal drugs are responsible for causing four times the complications as surgical abortion, according to data from the abortion industry’s own sources, and can cause injury, infertility, death, as well as increased exploitation by abusers.
The fight to take them out gets easier with a Trump victory, to be sure. However, one major factor stands in the way: shield laws, which are (in essence) designed to circumvent existing laws in other states where abortion is illegal.
As we explained in a prior article, “If there’s an abortion in California, and a woman from Texas came to California seeking an abortion, the abortionist would be prosecuted in Texas for killing her preborn child… unless California protected the abortion vendor with a shield law.”
Or think about this way, one state has a law about illegal drug use and another state refuses to assist in the investigation. At issue is whether states will selectively stop respecting other states’ laws.
This is a crucial question when it comes to mailing Chemical Abortion Pills.
Earlier this year, we documented how PBS NewsHour’s reporting on alleged drug trafficking as part of a news piece. Long story short, PBS filmed multiple doctors sending Chemical Abortion Pills to states where it is illegal to send them; states like Texas, Georgia, and Florida.
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It could be argued that alleged illegal activity should result in arrests – what a concept!
The Biden-Harris administration outright ignored The Comstock Act, a law that governs how the Postal Service handles the mailing of things used for abortion.
READ MORE: Is the Biden Administration Setting up an Illegal Abortion Pill Drug Distribution Ring?
As the Washington Post reports, “The U.S. Postal Service had asked the Justice Department to say whether it would be legally allowed to deliver pills that could be used for abortion in a state where the procedure is outlawed. The response was a resounding yes.”
Change is coming, however.
The new Trump administration is staffing up already, and with key appointments at the Department of Health (DOH) and Human Services (HHS), the Center for Disease Control (DCD), and Department of Justice (DOJ) still waiting to be filled, SFLAction hopes the next Attorney General will take the issue of the Comstock Act seriously. That means enforcing Chemical Abortion Pill trafficking laws for states where it’s illegal to do so, at a minimum.
We have long maintained the sanctity of preborn life from the moment of conception, and that human life doesn’t increase or decrease in value because of where on earthly location. As such, shield laws or laws that set two different standards for life in different states are incoherent at best: that’s a legislative problem to unpack.
But ignoring another state’s laws because you don’t like it will cause all kinds of issues, and liberal states should be prepared to find that some of their laws are not favored either.
As we noted in the previous shield laws article from December 2023, “These kinds of escalations will come to a head, and the United States Supreme Court will likely need to get involved.”
We can and should expect lengthy court challenges for the foreseeable future, while thousands, if not millions, of preborn lives hang in the balance. But we should still be optimistic. The Republicans winning the White House and both chambers of Congress, while retaining a pro-life majority on the U.S. Supreme Court, should give us all a bit more confidence about where this could go in 2025.