Mifepristone Is a Grave Evil, but Todd Blanche Is Not the Problem
Summary
Pro-life groups oppose the Biden administration’s rule allowing abortion pills by mail and want the Trump administration’s acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, to stop it. A federal court initially blocked the rule, but the Supreme Court allowed mail shipments to continue. The Trump FDA is reviewing abortion drug safety, which may lead to changes.Key Facts
- Pro-life organizations want to end mail delivery of the abortion pill mifepristone.
- They wrote a letter to Todd Blanche, acting U.S. attorney general and President Trump's nominee for the role.
- The Biden-era FDA rule allows doctors to prescribe and ship abortion pills by mail, including to states banning abortion.
- Louisiana and other states sued to block this rule and won in federal court at first.
- The Supreme Court temporarily stopped the block, allowing mail shipments to continue.
- In 2025, the Trump FDA began a safety review of abortion drugs like mifepristone.
- A Supreme Court Justice argued that the mail-order rule breaks an old law banning mailing abortion drugs, but the court declined to hear the case.
- Pro-life advocates believe the problem is mostly with the courts, not the attorney general’s office directly.
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