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Jun 26 2026

FDA Will Reportedly Conclude Abortion Pill Safety Review by September

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to conclude a safety review of the abortion pill by September, according to recent reports.

Weeks ago, the FDA commenced a study of the safety of mifepristone – the first drug in the two-drug abortion regimen commonly referred to as the “abortion pill.”

Should the FDA conclude the abortion pill is unsafe, it could modify the drug’s REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies), a regulation the FDA places on drugs it considers riskier than typical medications, and reinstitute safety guardrails that had been in place for decades.

In 2023, the Biden FDA modified mifepristone’s REMS by removing the in-person dispensing requirement, making mifepristone available thorough telehealth appointments, obtainable by mail nationwide, and available at retail pharmacies.

These changes essentially made every mailbox and bathroom an abortion clinic, since women could obtain mifepristone by mail without ever talking to a physician in person. These modifications made it far easier to access mifepristone, despite its numerous safety concerns.

In April 2025, the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) released a study finding that nearly 11% of all women who abort their children with mifepristone suffer from life-threatening conditions including sepsis, infection or hemorrhaging.

The Biden FDA’s changes to the REMS requirements also made it far easier for men to abuse women with the abortion pill.

This happened to Rosalie Markezich, who was forced by her violent boyfriend to take the abortion drugs after he obtained them online from a doctor in California and had them mailed to her home in Louisiana. “I was scared, and I felt pressured to take the pills. So I did,” she later shared.

Pro-life supporters were hopeful that the Trump administration, committed to “Making America Healthy Again,” would crack down on the dangerous drug and protect women from its serious and life-threatening side effects.

However, pro-life supporters became increasingly frustrated with FDA Commissioner Marty Makary for allegedly slow-walking a review of the abortion pill for months. Makary stepped down from the role in May 2025 and was replaced by Kyle Diamantas, who now serves as acting FDA commissioner.

Shortly after being appointed, Diamantas reached out to leaders in the pro-life movement and promised action on the abortion pill. Days later, the FDA revealed its was reevaluating mifepristone’s safety profile.

“The Trump Administration is pursuing a rigorous review of mifepristone in response to widespread safety concerns, adhering to the highest scientific standards,” White House spokeswoman Allison Schuster recently told the Daily Signal.

“This Gold Standard Science-based safety review led by the FDA, which remains ongoing, is just one example of President Trump’s total commitment to thoroughly evaluating emerging drugs to ensure the health and safety of all Americans.”

Let’s hope, pray and call upon the FDA to act soon to protect women from the abortion pill.

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

If you’re struggling and need a listening ear, Focus on the Family offers a free, one-time counseling consultation with our ministry’s professionally trained counseling staff. To request a counseling consultation, call 1-855-771-HELP (4357) or fill out our Counseling Consultation Request Form.

Related articles and resources:

My Choice Network

I’m Pregnant, Now What?

Dealing With Unplanned Pregnancy

Become an Option Ultrasound Life Advocate

New Insights on the Dangers of the Abortion Pill

Overcoming Abortion and Becoming a Force for Life

What Does the FDA Shakeup Mean for Abortion Pill Review?

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Jun 26 2026

The Young Man with Down Syndrome Who Built a Sock Empire

John Cronin, who has Down syndrome, is co-founder of “John’s Crazy Socks” – a multi-platform company with an uplifting motto: “Spreading Happiness.”

According to John’s father and co-founder, Mark, the entrepreneurial venture grew out of a very practical challenge: finding gainful employment for an individual with different abilities.

Back in 2016, John Cronin was preparing to graduate from high school and eager to figure out what he was going to do next. He first suggested the idea of operating a food truck with his dad, but there was one major problem – neither of them knew how to cook.

But then John had an idea.

“Dad, we should sell crazy socks,” he told his father. John had been wearing colorful and creative socks as far back as he could remember, so he knew a thing or two about the project.

“I wore crazy socks my entire life,” John recalled. “They let me be me.”

Together, the father and son team created their online business, identified vendors, shot some videos, and began some modest marketing efforts. In their first month of operation, they shipped 452 orders and raked in $13,000 in revenue. Eleven years later, the company has now processed over 500,000 orders and shipped their socks to 94 countries.

In May, John and Mark opened their first brick-and-mortar store in their hometown of Huntington on Long Island.

“We’re a couple of knuckleheads selling socks,” Mark mused this week. “But it means so much to other people.”

The meaning, of course, isn’t just in the socks but in the significance of the fact that a young man with Down syndrome is thriving and loving life.

“We’re not just selling socks,” Mark says. “It’s so important to show what people with different abilities can do. It’s important for people with different abilities to see people like themselves working and owning a business.”

“John’s Crazy Socks” has created and supplied jobs for 22 people with different abilities.

Tragically, between 67% and 89% of women with a prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis in recent years have chosen abortion. In Iceland, the condition has virtually disappeared because every woman with a prenatal Down diagnosis has chosen abortion.

During a recent day in their new retail store, a camera crew caught John and his father in conversation.

“What do I say to you every morning?” asked Mark. “It’s going to be a great day!” John smiled and replied, “It’s going to be the best day ever!”

So, if individuals with Down syndrome can joyfully and successfully run a sock empire, why would so many mothers and fathers choose to abort children diagnosed with the condition?

Ignorance, fear, and an overarching disconnect when it comes to the sanctity of human life are among the top reasons why children with the condition meet such a tragic fate.

John and Mark have over 4,000 choices of socks and from the beginning have donated five percent of all earnings to the Special Olympics.

“We love what we do,” father and son write on their website. “We hope you love our socks and that your experience with John’s Crazy Socks brings you happiness.”

We hope and pray that the popularity of their socks won’t just bring a smile to people’s faces but also serve to warm and change the cold hearts of those who have long underestimated the innate value and dignity of every individual, preborn and born.

Photo Credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images

Jun 02 2026

What to Know About the Life at Conception Act Introduced in the U.S. Senate

Important legislation was introduced earlier this year to protect all preborn human life from the moment of creation, and it deserves the attention of every American who believes all human life has value.

Senator Mike Rounds (SD) introduced the Life at Conception Act (S. 3667) in the United States Senate earlier this year. Companion legislation, H.R. 722, was introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Congressman Eric Burlison (MO).

The Act would clarify by statute that the right to life is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to every human being at all stages of life, beginning at the moment of conception and continuing until natural death.

The legislation was cosponsored by Focus on the Family friend Senator Jim Banks as well as Senators James Lankford, Marsha Blackburn, John Kennedy, Roger Wicker, Tommy Tuberville, Kevin Cramer, Bill Hagerty, Mike Crapo, John Hoeven, Steve Daines, Joni Ernst and John Boozman.

Many pro-life organizations support the measure, including Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, Students for Life, Family Research Council and Concerned Women for America.

Since Roe’s reversal in 2022, the pro-life movement has continued to advance the cause of life state-by-state and at the federal level.

This federal bill seeks to establish the principle that many Americans already believe and science affirms — that human life begins at conception, and every human being deserves equal protection under the law.

The measure is based on the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which declares that no state shall “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

This bill would establish federal law that preborn children are human beings deserving of constitutional protection.

Supporters of the bill contend that preborn babies are human beings and should be recognized as persons entitled to the same legal protections as every other human being.

Modern science confirms that a new and genetically distinct human organism is created at fertilization. From that moment on, the developing human grows through many stages, but the humanity of the preborn baby does not change. The only thing added is time and nutrition.

Pro-life advocates contend that this scientific reality carries significant legal and moral implications.

If human beings possess inherent dignity and worth, then the law should not exclude an entire class of human beings just because they are more dependent than other human beings.

This bill reflects an ongoing conversation within the pro-life movement following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe in 2022. The decision to overturn Roe did not answer whether preborn children are “persons” under the 14th Amendment. This legislation would answer that question directly — with a resounding yes.

To date, both measures have been referred to committees but have not advanced any further in the legislative process.

If you believe every human life deserves legal protection from its earliest creation, consider contacting your senators and representatives today and ask them to support the Life at Conception Act.

May 27 2026

The Courageous Christian Doctor Waging War Against the Fertility Industry

Dr. John David Gordon was a reproductive endocrinologist without a home.

With a medical degree from Duke and his residency at Stanford, the Boston native, who was raised Jewish and converted to Christianity in 2000, is a skilled physician committed to helping infertile couples have children. His credentials and skills are unassailable and unbeatable.

But there was a problem – and it was a moral and ethical one of major proportions.

Serving in a leadership role at a fertility clinic just outside of Washington, D.C., for over twenty years, Dr. Gordon began having significant misgivings about how his facility was doing business.

Like almost every fertility clinic these days across the reproductive medicine industry, the establishment was employing nearly every available technology to help maximize success. This included creating as many embryos as possible with each patient, a strategy that allows physicians to be choosy when it comes to selecting which ones to transfer to the mother.

At fertility clinics across the world, embryos are literally graded and evaluated, and those statistically most likely to implant and grow are the winners. Those that don’t make the cut are either frozen or discarded.

While nobody knows for sure, it’s estimated that more than thirty million embryos are created around the world each year because of IVF technology. A typical IVF cycle in a traditional clinic will result in up to 15 embryos. Most clinics recommend transferring only three or four.

Although his motives were redeeming, Dr. Gordon began feeling the ethical burden of being part of this industry that had grown increasingly reckless and mercenary. “It’s too morally problematic,” Gordon concluded. “I don’t know where you draw the line.”

After consulting with his wife, Allison, who also shared his deep Christian convictionsand unease over the direction of reproductive medicine, Dr. Gordon decided to leave the Washington, D.C. clinic and open one that would operate within biblical moral and ethical boundaries.

Setting up shop in eastern Tennessee, “Rejoice Fertility was created with a clear vision: to deliver an unparalleled patient experience where couples could openly discuss their moral, ethical, spiritual, and religious concerns about reproductive medicine.”

Specifically, Rejoice Fertility is a “no-discard” IVF clinic. Patients are encouraged to create only the embryos they will transfer or use for a future IVF.

Any embryos created are either used for fresh transfer or preserved for future frozen embryo transfer.

For decades, Focus on the Family has been asked by married couples on how best to navigate the myriad of ethical considerations and challenges surrounding IVF. The ministry has recognized that across Christendom, believers may view the issue very differently.

While the Catholic Church has remained steadfast in their opposition to it, the Southern Baptists traditionally supported it but have since expressed a growing concern. The denomination’s convention passed a resolution decrying the ethical lines most clinics regularly cross. In doing so, they were correctly calling out the rise in embryo destruction, elective reduction, genetic screening, and the astronomical number of frozen embryos. They stopped just short of calling for an all-out ban.

Given that the Bible doesn’t offer clear guidance on the overarching technology, we’ve thoughtfully and prayerfully studied the question. We’ve long said that doctors can take proactive steps to address many of the moral and ethical concerns associated with IVF – steps that Dr. Gordon and his team appear to be acknowledging and grappling with on a daily basis.

In the instances where couples may be unable to transfer frozen embryos, Rejoice Infertility strongly advocates for the couple agreeing to make the baby available for adoption. “Snowflake” embryo adoption has been a wonderful program that seeks to find forever homes for these babies locked in a perpetual frozen state.

In a world swirling with countless moral and ethical conundrums, we applaud Dr. Gordon for his efforts to care for his patients and prayerfully address and wage a fight that far too many medical professionals have long ago abandoned.

Related articles and resources:

IVF: Moral and Ethical Considerations

Christians Must Consider the Moral and Ethical Hazards of IVF

May 15 2026

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?