CITIZEN: No more death by mail—the General Assembly must stop the abortion death pill.

In recent years, Kentuckians have seen major victories in the fight for life. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade with the Dobbs decision. Kentucky’s Human Life Protection Act went into effect, outlawing abortion without political exceptions. The abortion industry has failed multiple times to successfully challenge that prohibition. And, last session, the General Assembly passed HB 90, which provided clarity to the law and expanded medical options for pregnant mothers. However, despite these wins, the abortion cartel continues to be a threat to preborn Kentuckians.

The latest attack on the preborn of the Commonwealth is the abortion death pill. During the Biden Administration, the FDA eliminated most remaining “safeguards” on the pill. They authorized the abortion death pill to be sent by the U.S. Postal Service and eliminated the in-person requirements for dispensing the pills. These changes resulted in a mass proliferation of the abortion death pill, increasing abortion numbers nationwide. Unfortunately, the Trump Administration has done nothing to reverse these pro-abortion policies, allowing the mass proliferation to continue.

In the absence of action at the federal level, the General Assembly must step up and take action to protect preborn Kentuckians from this deadly pill. Last session, Sen. Steve Rawlings and Rep. TJ Roberts filed legislation to designate the abortion death pill
as an unlawful controlled substance and to create additional civil penalties for abortion traffickers who willfully violate Kentucky’s pro-life laws. Unfortunately, those bills did not move. This session, the General Assembly must push those proposals forward.

Failure to act will leave preborn children exposed to harm due to the abortion cartel’s death pill. Sitting on the sidelines is not an option when evil forces are at work. That would be an inexcusable dereliction of duty for those who swore an oath to uphold the KY and U.S. Constitutions, which clearly include the right to life. Please encourage your legislators to support legislation that cracks down on the abortion death pill and abortion traffickers.