February 16, 2026
Students for Life Action-inspired “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act” Would Go After the Businesses of Chemical Abortion Pill Pushers, In & Out of State, To Prevent Death-by-Mail
“In the great tradition of President Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky legislators are standing up to defend LIFE on the human rights issue of our day – abortion,” said Students for Life’s Kristan Hawkins. “This innovative legislation goes after those who have made it a business to profit from death-by-mail. And the Pro-Life Generation will fight by the side of those who once again work to protect the least of these among us.”
FRANKFORT, KY. (02-16-2026) – Students for Life Action (SFLAction) President Kristan Hawkins applauded the introduction today of the “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act” (HB 646) sponsored by Rep. T.J. Roberts (R) and Rep. Nancy Tate (R). The inspired effort addresses the nation’s number one method of abortion, Chemical Abortion Pills, now often distributed through the mail. If signed into law, the “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act” would make prescribing and shipping Chemical Abortion Pills illegal in Kentucky, including by out-of-state abortion vendors peddling the deadly pills across state lines. “The illegal trafficking of Chemical Abortion Pills makes all the wrong people happy, a new abortion cartel and abusers, who use the deadly drugs against mothers without their knowledge or consent,” said Hawkins. “The courage of state legislators to innovate must be met by the commitment of the Trump Administration to finally enforce the Comstock Act and help the states who are working to protect LIFE.”
Of all reported abortions committed in the U.S., more than 60% are mail-order abortions. Chemical Abortion Pills are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of preborn children and for seriously injuring up to 1 in 8 mothers who use them. Chemical Abortion Pill vendors are not shying away from the fact they are targeting pro-life states in violation of pro-life laws.
Voter trends align with this potential crackdown on Chemical Abortion Pill vendors. According to a new Students for Life’s Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement poll conducted by Survey USA, half of youth voters support in-person dispensing requirements for Chemical Abortion Pills to protect women from abuse, with only 27% opposing such requirements. 94% say having a federal review of Chemical Abortion Pill policy is important.
Here is what the “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act” will do in Kentucky:
- Prohibits mailing, shipping, or prescribing abortifacients, including from out-of-state sources.
- Classifies committing or attempting to commit an abortion using an abortifacient on a mother as a felony punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment or a fine of up to $100,000.
- Reinforces state sovereignty over medical regulation.
- Provides remedies including injunctive relief, of $10,000 in damages per violation, and recovery of court costs and attorney’s fees. Excludes convicted abusers, traffickers, and rapists from bringing such civil actions.
- Allows civil actions to be filed up to three years after the cause of action or one year after any legal stay is lifted.
SFLAction is encouraging pro-life students and volunteers to join us in calling on Senate Republican leadership to bring to the floor and pass the “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act.”
SFLAction’s push to get the “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act” introduced and passed is part of our larger Make America Pro-Life Again Roadmap. Launched last November, this legislative package built upon the Gonzales v. Carhart case will help take down abortion at the state and federal level.
TO LEARN ABOUT STUDENTS FOR LIFE ACTION’S “MAKE AMERICA PRO-LIFE AGAIN ROADMAP,” CLICK HERE.
SFLAction has been extremely active in legislative sessions throughout the past several years, educating voters and engaging lawmakers. During the Spring 2025 legislative session in states across America, SFLAction:
- Tracked and monitored over 1,100 abortion-related bills
- Drove efforts on 25 pro-life and pro-abortion bills across 16 states
- Introduced 20 SFLAction-inspired bills
- Testified in committees in five states: Arkansas, Maine, Montana, Texas, and West Virginia
- Visited offices of more than 100 state AND federal lawmakers
- Equipped more than 6,000 student leaders to engage in visiting more than 100,000 homes in 27 states and urge voters to tell their lawmakers to support pro-life legislation
- Engaged with hundreds of millions of constituents around the country
- Sent over 2,300,000+ personal text messages in support of pro-life bills
- Made 750,000+ phone calls to pro-life constituents
- Generated 20,000+ emails and 750,000+ calls from pro-life constituents to their legislators
- Sent 150,000+ mailers in seven states
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The Pro-Life Generation (PLG) is an umbrella organization encompassing the most-cutting edge engagement opportunities for a Vote Pro-Life First Community. PLG includes Students for Life Action (SFLAction), a 501c4, along with its 501c3 sister organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA), that together make up the nation’s largest, pro-life youth organization, managing a grassroots political and policy operation engaging Americans of all ages but with a special emphasis on the largest segment of voters — the Youth Vote. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, PLG/SFLA/SFLAction serves more than 1,400 groups on middle, high school, college, medical, and law school campuses in all 50 states. Our team has more conversations with this generation targeted by the abortion lobby than any other pro-life operation in the world, each week reaching more than 4 million across social media platforms and averaging 1.3 million video views. In addition to SFLA/SFLAction, PLG leads multiple initiatives to lead and serve the future of the pro-life movement including the Campaign for Abortion Free Cities, Standing With You, and the Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement . Over more than 17 years, PLG CEO Kristan Hawkins has grown the operation into a nearly $20M organization, now preparing for an abortion-free America.