Last updated on October 3rd, 2024 at 11:13 am
The American Life League (ALL) has released a report detailing the alarming rise of chemical abortions across the United States. They attribute this rise to the Biden administration’s authorisation for distribution of abortion pills by mail, undermining the efforts of states with pro-life laws to establish themselves as abortion-free.
ALL’s report, “Beneath the Surface: Exposing the Abortion Pill Drug Cartel,” revealed an intricate network of volunteers who act similarly to drug cartels, shipping abortion pills from foreign countries into those states that prohibit abortion. Biden’s Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) contended in 2023 that as long as there is no intent for these mailed drugs to be used unlawfully, their distribution is legitimate.
The repercussions of such policies are alarming. Community networks have begun to free distribute abortion pills to over 28 states and five U.S. territories. Significant among this is the Mexico-based network, Las Libres, that offers abortion pills that often come from other countries, posing significantly more health risks.
Inevitably, the high prevalence of these abortion pills affects the reality of abortion rates. While official records suggest that around 63% of abortions use pills, the ALL report suggests that number to be considerably higher, closer to 80% to 90%. The ever-increasing spread of these pills compromises the deeper purpose of pro-life laws. Despite the reduction in surgical abortions due to Roe v. Wade being overturned, the indiscriminate distribution of abortion pills keeps abortion-on-demand alive.
As long as abortion pills continue to flood states that limit abortion, these states’ efforts to curb abortions are essentially futile. Unfortunately, this ongoing issue is unlikely to be directly addressed by either presidential candidate in the upcoming election. The significant spread of abortion pills and the proliferation of drug cartels distributing these pills illustrate the complexity of solving the abortion issue beyond regulatory policies alone.