A roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.
Twenty-one state attorneys general, as well as dozens of U.S. senators and representatives, have voiced their support for Louisiana’s lawsuit challenging the Biden-era policy that enables abortion pills to be sent by mail.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) policy removed previously held safety rules that required in-person physician visits before the chemical abortion regimen could be prescribed.
Multiple studies have shown high rates of hospitalizations for women taking the abortion pill, leading pro-life advocates and Republicans to urge the Trump administration to take action. Though the FDA safeguards could be reinstated, the White House has failed to do so.
Mail-order pills, which can be shipped into every state even if they are illegal in the state in question, make chemical abortion easily accessible, with recent numbers showing that chemical abortions make up about two-thirds of all U.S. abortions.
Louisiana sued the FDA over the lack of safeguards in October 2025. Attorneys general of 21 states, meanwhile, filed a Feb. 13 amicus brief in support of Louisiana.
On the same day, 19 U.S. senators and 40 U.S. representatives also filed an amicus brief, saying the FDA violated federal law by removing
