Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill went to Washington, D.C., to urge the Food and Drug Administration to end its mail-order abortion pill policy. Murrill says out of state doctors are dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone through the mail to pregnant women in Louisiana, and the results in many cases are devastating.
“A pregnant woman who took pills that Margaret Carpenter from New York mailed to her at 20 weeks’ gestation and ended up in the emergency room while her baby was left in a dumpster. Another 20-week-old pregnancy, the baby was found recovered in a toilet,” Murrill said.
Murrill testified at a U.S. Senate hearing on chemical abortion drugs. Mifepristone is a Schedule Four controlled substance in Louisiana. It can be prescribed in Louisiana, but only in hospital inpatient settings.
Murrill says the Biden administration removed a policy that required in-person dispensing, and that has allowed women to obtain mifepristone through the mail from out of state doctors.
“These are not medical professionals, and this is not healthcare,” Murrill said.
Murrill says pro-abortion advocacy groups estimate there are now 900 illegal abortions per month in Louisiana. Louisiana’s attorney general had this exchange with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders:
MURRILL: “It is immoral for anyone to send pills to someone with no medical supervision and then tell them to lie at the hospital.”
SANDERS: “Yeah, well that happens because of the laws of your state.”
MURRILL: “No, it happens because people from outside our state are sending them into our state to nullify our state laws. That’s why it happens.”
Louisiana has filed a federal lawsuit to block the FDA’s rule allowing abortion pills to be sent through the mail. Physicians for Reproductive Health say hundreds of studies have determined that mifepristone is effective and safe.