January 14, 2026
The Students for Life Action-inspired “Mother & Child Protection Act” would stop Chemical Abortion Pill vendors from sending mail-order abortions across state lines in violation of West Virginia’s Pro-Life Laws
“Abortion vendors have been operating above the law by mailing tens of thousands of Chemical Abortion Pills into pro-life states like West Virginia” said SFLAction President Kristan Hawkins. “Preborn children and mothers of West Virginia deserve to be protected from the predatory abortion industry, violating the law to profit from their vulnerability. Our students and team will join with a real hero, Sen. Patricia Rucker, to remind West Virginia lawmakers of the human rights travesty taking place in homes all over the state.”
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CHARLESTON, W.V. (01-14-2026) – Students for Life Action (SFLAction) students and volunteers are rallying today at the West Virgina statehouse in support of the “Mother & Child Protection Act,” introduced by SFLAction ally Senator Patricia Puertas Rucker, as part of an SFLAction-inspired effort to address the number one method of abortion in America today. If signed into law, the “Mother & Child Protection Act” would make illegal prescribing Chemical Abortion Pills, including out-of-state abortion vendors who mail the deadly pills across state lines. “SFLAction has been proud to work alongside Sen. Rucker to address this threat to precious West Virginia babies and their mothers. This is a human rights crisis soon to become a Constitutional crisis,” said SFLAction President Kristan Hawkins. “We cannot long remain the ‘United States’ when pro-abortion states actively work the facilitate breaking the law and ending the lives of citizens of their neighboring pro-life states. We will work with our friends and allies in West Virginia to protect Life in Law and fight all the way to the Supreme Court, if necessary.”
Mail-order abortions make up more than 60% of all abortions committed, killing hundreds of thousands of preborn children and seriously injuring up to 1 in 8 mothers who use them. And Chemical Abortion Pill vendors are not shy about the fact they are targeting pro-life states.
The West Virginia law would illegalize all abortion, except in cases of sexual assault, incest, fetal nonviability, and medical emergency, making the state a prime target for Chemical Abortion Pill vendors.
Here is what the “Mother & Child Protection Act” will do in West Virginia:
- Prohibits mailing, shipping, or prescribing abortifacients, including out-of-state sources.
Classifies committing or attempting to commit an abortion using an abortifacient 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 the fight by participating in one of our State Lobby Days.
SFLAction’s push to get the “Mother & Child Protection 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.
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SFLAction has been extremely active in West Virginia throughout the past several years, educating voters and engaging lawmakers. During this past legislative session:
- SFLA/SFLAction President Kristan Hawkins testified in favor of SB 85, the “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act.”
- SB 85 “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act” (Senate) , sponsored by Pro-Life Champion Sen. Patricia Rucker, passed in the Senate by a 28-5 vote.
- HB 2461 “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act” (House) was introduced.
- SFLA/SFLAction student group visited West Virginia Senator Shelly Capito to support federal efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and other abortion vendors.
- West Virginia Watch took notice when Kristan Hawkins testified that the “Unborn Child Protection Act” in the Mountain State would make it easier to charge physicians and entities that send abortion medication to states where the procedure is not legal.
- Kristan Hawkins and WV State Senator Patricia Rucker held a townhall— The Mountain State Trailblazed a New Frontier With Pro-Life Anti-Trafficking Efforts
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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.