The Kentucky Attorney General’s Office has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the flow of mail order abortion pills into Kentucky and other states.
“In a brief joined by 23 state attorneys general, Attorney General Russell Coleman urged the justices to reject the Biden Administration’s move to open the floodgates for mail order abortion pills,” the attorney general’s office said.
In 2023, President Joe Biden directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to remove a longstanding requirement that the abortion drug mifepristone be administered following an in-person visit with a qualified medical professional.
“In effect, the executive overreach enabled doctors in California and New York to prescribe the drug to Kentucky women without an in-person appointment, in violation of state law,” the attorney general’s office said in a press release. “Without proper medical supervision, abortion-inducing drugs have caused dangerous side-effects in women who ingest the drug.”
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill challenged the Biden Administration’s regulation in federal court. On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit unanimously agreed with Louisiana and ruled that removing the requirement usurps the ability of states to protect pregnant women. Now, that opinion has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Activist groups from New York and California have been flooding our commonwealth with these deadly pills without proper medical supervision,” Coleman said. “We’re asking the Supreme Court to recognize that Kentucky has the ability to protect the health and safety of our citizens.”
Earlier this year, Coleman announced a civil investigation into organizations that could be participating in the unlawful mailing or delivery of abortion pills into Kentucky. In 2022, the General Assembly passed House Bill 3, which prohibits the mailing or delivery of abortion-inducing drugs in Kentucky. In addition, Kentucky’s Consumer Protection Act prohibits deceptive or misleading communications with Kentuckians.
Any Kentuckian who sees one of these advertisements or suspects any other unlawful business activity is encouraged to report it to the Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Protection here.
Attorney General Coleman joined the Nebraska-led brief, along with attorneys general from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.
(Photo: Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
