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Supreme Court Restores Access to Mail-Order Abortion Pills While Legal Fight Continues

The Supreme Court Thursday granted a stay blocking enforcement of a lower court ruling that would have restricted access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail.

The Court’s decision allows abortionists to continue prescribing mifepristone through telehealth appointments, and sending it through the mail, while Louisiana’s lawsuit seeking to require the FDA to reinstate the in-person dispensing requirement on mifepristone continues. The agency removed the requirement during the Biden presidency.

Justices Thomas and Alito dissented from the Court’s decision.

In his dissent, Justice Thomas observed that the Comstock Act “bans using ‘the mails’ to ship any ‘drug … for producing abortion.’” This means Danco Labs and GenBioPro, the manufacturers and distributors of mifepristone, which appealed to the Court for a stay, are engaged in illegal activity.

“Applicants are not entitled to a stay of an adverse court order based on lost profits from their criminal enterprise,” Justice Thomas wrote. “They cannot, in any legally relevant sense, be irreparably harmed by a court order that makes it more difficult for them to commit crimes.”

Justice Alito pointed out Louisiana’s request for the FDA to reinstate the in-person dispensing requirement is commonsense.

“Louisiana [responded to Dobbs by making] abortion illegal except in narrow circumstances,” Justice Alito wrote. “But Louisiana’s efforts have been thwarted by certain medical providers, private organizations, and States that abhor laws like Louisiana’s and seek to undermine their enforcement.”

“These medical providers and private organizations have developed an operation enabling women in Louisiana and other States that restrict abortions to place an online order for a pill called mifepristone that induces abortion.”

Around 1,000 abortions occur in Louisiana each month as a result, more than occurred before the Dobbs decision, Justice Alito acknowledged.

Alliance Defending Freedom Counsel Erin Hawley issued the following statement after the Court’s ruling:

We are disappointed by this decision that allows the FDA and the abortion industry to continue nullifying Dobbs and its promise to return the issue of abortion to the people.
It’s high time the Biden FDA be held accountable for the destruction it has caused with this high-risk drug. Together with Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office, we look forward to litigating our appeal at the 5th Circuit to protect mothers and their children.

The case now goes back to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to consider the merits of Louisiana’s case. The Daily Citizen will keep you apprised of important developments.

The case is Danco Laboratories v. Louisiana.

At Focus on the Family, we have been working to turn the cultural tide and save mothers and babies from abortion for years. Since beginning the Option Ultrasound Program in 2004, Focus has helped save over half a million lives. Just $60 will help save a life through Option Ultrasound. Will you partner with us to save lives from abortion?

If you are experiencing an unexpected pregnancy and want to learn more about your options, you can visit My Choice Network.

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Rep. Brandon Gill’s Bluntness Exposes the Barbarians of Abortion

It seems that even for zealots of the evil, advocating for access to abortion is easier than talking about abortion itself.

Testifying on Tuesday before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, Professor Jessica Waters, Director of the American University School of Public Affairs Leadership Program, refused to answer Rep. Brandon Gill’s line of questioning.

Lawmakers and guests were assembled to discuss “The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (aka the FACE Act) — legislation that’s been weaponized and applied unevenly against pro-life advocates.

In challenging Professor Waters’ characterization of abortion as routine healthcare, Rep. Gill asked the witness about her favorite type of abortion.

“I am an advocate for patients having access to the full realm of reproductive health care,” she replied.

Rep. Gill pressed on. 

“But do you have a preferred method of abortion that you like?”

Professor Waters answered she didn’t have a favorite method. 

Rep. Gill then proceeded to describe some of those methods:

“The first type is called a suction abortion,” he told her. “This is when the cervix is dilated and a strong suction, twenty-nine times the power of a household vacuum cleaner, tears the baby’s body apart, and sucks it through the hose into a container. Do you prefer that method?”

“I stand by my former testimony,” Waters replied. 

“That sounds kind of gross, doesn’t it?” Gill acknowledged. “That was pretty gruesome. Do you agree?”

He continued: 

“Okay, what about this one? This one is called dilation and curettage. After dilation of the cervix, a sharp looped knife is inserted into the uterus. The baby’s body is cut into pieces and extracted often by suction. Do you prefer that method?”

Waters once more declined to answer the question, suggesting it was irrelevant to the issue at stake.

“You’re a pro-abortion advocate,” Rep. Gill pushed back. “You don’t want to talk about abortion itself. Why is that? Is it because it’s uncomfortable to talk about? It should be uncomfortable.”

Rep. Gill then went on to discuss the “dilation and evacuation” method of abortion.

“Forceps are inserted into the uterus, grabbing and twisting the baby’s body to dismember him or her. If the head is too large, it must be crushed in order to remove it. Do you prefer that method?”

But Professor Waters stuck to her talking points. 

“It’s uncomfortable to hear this, isn’t it?” he shot back. “It is. I think it is because it’s barbaric and evil. How about this one? It’s called the saline injection.”

He then described the horrific process.

“It’s when a twenty percent salt solution is injected through the mother’s abdomen into the baby’s amniotic fluid. The baby’s skin is burned off. The baby ingests the solution and dies of salt poisoning, dehydration, and hemorrhaging of the brain.”

Once more, Rep. Gill couldn’t get Professor Waters to give a reaction to the graphic description of the specific type of abortion. 

“I wouldn’t want to talk about this either if I were you because it is barbaric and evil,” he told her.

There are some who might think Rep. Gill’s line of questioning was unnecessarily provocative, but his bluntness was desperately needed and helpful. The cruel and coldblooded murder of innocent children has become so commonplace in America that many have become numb to the reality of what is actually going on inside abortion clinics. 

Barbarians of the abortion industry have been schooled by sophisticated public relations and messaging professionals to use only soft words to describe (if necessary) the darkest deeds and horrific acts. Sanitized language and vague euphemisms are reported and repeated ad nauseum by willing members of the media. 

Rep. Gill is right to be so bold and so blunt. The silent in utero cries of innocent babies demands our voice and desperately needs our advocacy.

Should Colleges Be Forced to Push Abortion Pills on Campus? Colorado Lawmakers Say Yes

Colorado is once again attempting to establish itself as one of the most progressive states in the nation on abortion policy.

A new bill would require most colleges and universities to provide access to abortion pills through student health centers. 

The measure, HB 26-1335, requires institutions of higher education to carry and dispense abortion pills on campus through a student health center or an on-site pharmacy, or submit a prescription for abortion pills to an off-site pharmacy.

The language of the bill includes an exception for religious colleges and universities, but the intent of the legislation is clear — to normalize and institutionalize abortion in taxpayer supported education systems. 

Colorado law already permits abortion throughout all 40 weeks of pregnancy for any reason whatsoever.

As reported by the Daily Citizen, in November 2024, Colorado voters passed an abortion amendment enshrining abortion access in the state constitution.

Then last April, Colorado lawmakers passed a new law forcing Colorado taxpayers to spend millions of their dollars every year to fund Medicaid abortions against their conscience.

Colorado received national attention when it considered this bill because the pro-abortion speaker of the House gave testimony in support of the measure saying it was cheaper for the state to pay for abortions than pay for a baby to be born. 

President of Focus on the Family Jim Daly responded, “To suggest that abortion is acceptable because it saves the state of Colorado money is dystopian and morally objectionable on every level. If we ever hope to attain a more civil society, we must start by respecting human life at all stages of development. Children are not a burden on society – they are a blessing.”

Forcing colleges and universities to provide access to abortion pills is just the next step in the abortion industry’s efforts to indoctrinate young people, normalize a culture of death, and use taxpayer dollars to support big abortion.

On April 27, 2026, the Colorado House of Representatives passed the bill 41-22. 

The measure now goes to the state Senate for consideration where it is expected to garner more than enough support to go to the governor’s desk for signature.

If it becomes law, Colorado will become one of only six states (including California, New York, Massachusetts, Delaware and Illinois) to require colleges and universities to provide access to abortion pills.

Abortion pills account for 63% of abortions committed in the United States each year.

In a chemical abortion a pregnant woman takes two medications. The first pill, mifepristone, kills the baby by stopping its development. The second set of pills, misoprostol, causes the mother’s body to expel the dead baby.

A study released last May by the Ethics and Public Policy Center revealed that nearly 11% of women who take the abortion pill experienced serious side effects within 40 days, including sepsis, hemorrhaging, infection and emergency room visits. Those numbers are 22 times higher than the FDA’s current label.

Prolife activists continue to call on the FDA to conduct a comprehensive review of abortion pill safety. 

Interestingly, new data shows 70% of Americans support increased oversight for the distribution and consumption of chemical abortion pills like mifepristone.

Some women, after taking the first abortion pill (mifepristone), come to regret their decision.

Thankfully, there is a way to reverse the pill’s effects if prompt action is taken. 

To learn more about the abortion pill reversal protocol, visit abortionpillreversal.com or call 1-877-558-0333 to be connected with a medical professional who can guide callers through the process of reversing the pill’s effects.

Additionally, if you’re struggling and need a listening ear, Focus on the Family offers a free, one-time counseling consultation with a licensed or pastoral counselor. To request a counseling consultation, call 1-855-771-HELP (4357) or fill out our Counseling Consultation Request Form.

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What to Know About the Colorado March for Life This Friday

Calling all pro-life Coloradans! Focus on the Family is inviting you to join us at the Colorado March for Life this Friday in Denver!

For the third year in a row, the National March for Life is partnering with Pro-Life Colorado to host the Colorado March for Life.

The event will kick-off with a pre-rally concert at 10 a.m., followed by a rally at 11 a.m. and the march at noon.

The concert and rally will take place on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol Building. 

The march will immediately follow. Participants will march approximately one mile around the capitol complex.

This is a family-friendly event, so be sure to bring your kids to rally and march for life together as a family!

Attendees are encouraged to bring signs that communicate their pro-life values. For inspiration, you can get sign ideas here.

The purpose of the gathering is to peacefully advocate in favor of pro-life protections for women and babies in Colorado state law. This is an opportunity to communicate your pro-life values while our lawmakers are at work in the Capitol building. 

Speakers at the rally will include: 

• Chelsea Mynyk, Castle Rock Women’s Health

• Mackenna Greene, Pro-Life Advocate

• Friends of Club 21 Choir, National Anthem

• Sister Mary Grace, Sisters of Life

• Diane Ferraro, Save the Storks

• Lauren Castillo, Bella Health + Wellness

• Representative Brandi Bradley, Colorado General Assembly – District 39

• Julie Bailey, Pro-Life Colorado

• Hannah Callahan, March for Life

• The Most Reverend James Golka, Archbishop of Denver

• The Most Reverend Jorge Rodriguez, Archdiocese of Denver

• Rev. James Maxwell, The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod

• Anita Abeyta, Testimony Speaker

• Jaime Gallob, Pregnancy Center of Grand Junction

• Dr. Daniel Catarisano, Iglesia La RED

• Nicole & Taylor Hunt, Focus on the Family, Testimony, Pledge of Allegiance

Lutheran High School students will be carrying the March for Life banner and leading the march.

Many pro-life organizations will have tables at the event. 

Focus on the Family will have a table for the third year in a row, so please stop by and say hello!

This year, Students for Life will be hosting their very first Denver Pro-Life Summit. The Summit will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall from 3 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the same day of the march. It is designed to “equip all attendees with the skills and strategies needed to successfully lead their communities toward a culture of life.” 

We hope you will consider attending both events.

To get more information about parking, marching and advocating for life, visit Colorado March for Life.

We look forward to seeing you there!

New Planned Parenthood Annual Report: More Abortions, Fewer Services

Planned Parenthood killed 434,450 preborn babies in one year, according to its newly released annual report. It earned over $2.1 billion for its evil deeds.

The recently released report, “Care continues. Annual Report 2024-2025,” reveals our nation’s largest abortion mill continued to increase the number of preborn babies it kills – even as it performed fewer real healthcare services.

The report shows an increase of over 32,000 abortions from the previous year – a rise of 8%.

Robyn Chambers, vice president of Advocacy for Children at Focus on the Family, said in a statement to the Daily Citizen, “When Roe was overturned, one of my greatest fears was the demand for abortion pills (chemical abortion) would escalate and those that provide abortion would become more aggressive in their marketing efforts to target women with an old argument, but new lies.”

“Their tactics are misleading and dangerous,” she continued. “Women are being harmed and babies’ lives are being lost to a culture that no longer values life. That is why Focus on the Family’s pro-life work is more important than ever.”

Abortions and Other Services

According to the Charlotte Lozier Institute, Planned Parenthood’s service data lags behind the rest of the report’s information, meaning the 2024-2025 report contains data on abortions from 2023-2024.

The pro-life research institute details the abortion giant’s annual report, which shows:

  • Planned Parenthood performed a record 434,450 abortions in 2023-2024.
  • The number of patients it saw increased by 0.5% from the previous year.
  • In 2023-2024, 97% of the time women sought help for pregnancy-related care, they were sold an abortion.
  • For every adoption referral, Planned Parenthood performed 143 abortions.
  • Since 2014, Planned Parenthood’s total cancer screenings and prevention services have dropped by 43%, including declines of 55% for breast exams and 38% for pap tests.
  • Prenatal services are down 56%.
  • Contraceptive services are down 23%.

Financials

Planned Parenthood’s report shows the organization:

  • Earned $2.1 billion between government reimbursements and grants, non-government revenue, private contributions and other revenue.
  • Reported $2.5 billion in net assets.
  • Received $832 million from government reimbursements and grants.
  • Received $728 million in private contributions and bequests.
  • Reported a net loss of $29.3 million, the first time in recent years the abortion giant’s expenses exceeded its revenue.

It’s 2024 report had shown the organization earned a profit of $206 million in the preceding two years.

The new report includes financial data from before the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, defunded the abortion giant of taxpayer money. The law prohibits Medicaid reimbursements from flowing to Planned Parenthood for a period of one year.

The report reveals the impact the law has had on the organization, blaming it for putting up to 200 Planned Parenthood clinics at risk of closure. Nearly 50 Planned Parenthood clinics closed last year.

The law’s financial effect upon Planned Parenthood should be made clearer in its next annual report, while it will take until 2028 for the defunding provision to show up in its services data.

The one-year defunding provision is set to sunset on July 4, 2026. Congress shouldn’t give Planned Parenthood an Independence Day gift by allowing the provision to expire. It should use an upcoming reconciliation bill to defund the abortion giant for at least one more year.

One could also be easily forgiven for hoping and praying the whole grisly enterprise will face divine retribution, be shuttered and never release another annual report detailing its dark deeds.

The organization violently ended nearly half a million lives in one year. That should provoke a sense of righteous anger and take one’s breath away. It should also harden pro-life supporters’ resolve to engage and get involved to help save lives.

Clearly, much remains to be done in the fight for life. Chambers highlighted Focus on the Family’s efforts to promote life:

Focus on the Family works with 2,800 pregnancy centers across the country to equip them with ultrasound machines, nurses training grants and abortion pill reversal training.
Our newest campaign is reaching college students with true medical information and connecting them with a life-affirming pregnancy center that can serve a young woman right in her moment of need. Our work is vital in this battle for life!

Focus on the Family has been working to turn the cultural tide and save mothers and babies from abortion for years. Since beginning the Option Ultrasound Program in 2004, Focus has helped save over half a million lives.

Just $60 will help save a life through Option Ultrasound. Will you partner with us to save lives from abortion?

Additionally, if you are experiencing an unexpected pregnancy and want to learn more about your options, you can visit My Choice Network here.

Related articles and resources:

My Choice Network

I’m Pregnant, Now What?

Dealing With Unplanned Pregnancy

Become an Option Ultrasound Life Advocate

Stepping Up to Defend Life

Expressing Pro-Life Views in Winsome Ways

Experiencing God’s Mercy After Leaving the Abortion Industry

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