FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA —
API Launches Grassroots Push Urging Trump Administration to End the “Mail-Order Abortion Crime Scene” and Restore the In-Person Doctor’s Visit for Chemical Abortion Pills
Alabama Policy Institute launched a grassroots effort calling on the Trump administration and members of Congress to end Joe Biden’s dangerous mail-order abortion scheme and restore the in-person doctor’s visit requirement that must be met before a woman can obtain chemical abortion drugs.
The abortion industry is shipping abortion pills into communities across the country with no medical oversight. Lives are being lost and women are being harmed. Activists across Alabama have begun contacting the Trump administration and calling members of Congress, demanding that federal officials reinstate the medical safeguards Biden stripped away. You can learn more at www.abortioncrimebymail.com and https://alabamapolicy.org/alabamapolicyaction/take-action/.
“This is a serious women’s health issue. An in-person visit lets a doctor confirm how far along a pregnancy is, rule out an ectopic pregnancy that could someone who takes these pills, and make sure that mothers have not been coerced into taking abortion drugs. Sending these pills through the mail turns the whole country into a potential crime scene“, said Stephanie Smith, President/CEO of Alabama Policy Institute.
Two-Thirds of Americans Want the In-Person Requirement Restored
This urgent call to action reflects broad public consensus. A recent Federalist poll found that 67 percent of likely voters support reinstating the in-person doctor’s visit requirement for abortion pills and the results are bipartisan: 63 percent of Democrats and 72 percent of Republicans agree. “This is plain common sense, and Americans across the political spectrum agree. Two out of three voters believe women’s health and safety demands an in-person doctor visit to obtain chemical abortion drugs, something that had been FDA policy from the drug’s approval under the Clinton Administration up until the Biden administration waived the requirement for a doctor’s supervision,” said Smith.
A Mail-Order Crime Scene
There have been multiple criminal cases showing what happens when abortion pills can be ordered online and shipped to any mailbox with no medical gatekeeper. In Ohio, a doctor was accused of allegedly forcing a mother to take an abortion pill. In Texas, a man was indicted in 2026 on first-degree felony charges after prosecutors alleged he ordered an abortion drug online, crushed it into a drink, and gave it to his pregnant girlfriend without her knowledge, causing the death of their unborn child. In a separate Texas case, a man was charged with capital murder after authorities alleged he secretly added abortion-inducing pills to his pregnant girlfriend’s coffee, killing a child she wanted to keep.
A Documented Health Threat to Women
According to research from Restoration of America, more than one million babies were aborted in 2024, with mail-order pills serving as the largest driver of that increase. Research warns these drugs put women at risk of sepsis, hemorrhaging, and rupturing, dangers that an in-person exam is designed to catch.
“Approximately 150 women a day are being seriously harmed by chemical abortion drugs. We want to save women from being harmed, and we want to save their children,” Smith said.
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