Here’s the letter we sent to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche
Pulse Life Advocates joined Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and 70+ other pro-life organizations in sending the following letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. We call on this administration to end its lax policies on mail-order abortion.
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Dear Acting Attorney General Blanche,
We, the undersigned, representing millions of Americans across the nation, call on you to use your new position to reverse the DOJ’s harmful stance of siding with the abortion drug industry. You have the opportunity instead to stand with pro-life Republican Attorneys General who are suing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to protect their citizens from the harms of abortion drugs and to stop FDA policies that undermine our state laws.
Six pro-life states – Missouri, Idaho and Kansas, Florida and Texas, and Louisiana – have sued FDA in three separate lawsuits demanding justice for their citizens harmed by FDA’s reckless abortion drug policies.
Louisiana is joined in its lawsuit by Rosalie Markezich, a young woman pressured into abortion by her boyfriend, who ordered the drugs online. She said: “If mail-order abortion wasn’t a thing, I’m 100% sure I would have my child…. I do not believe a doctor would have prescribed me the drugs if I told her I did not want them.”
Tragically, to date, this Department of Justice has downplayed the harms of mail-order abortion and called for each case to be paused or even dismissed entirely.
i Meanwhile, thousands of abortion drugs are being mailed all over the United States daily, even from overseas, with zero oversight. Pro-life states cannot meaningfully enforce their laws when FDA is siding with mail-order abortionists and DOJ is siding with abortion drug manufacturers. Virtually every state has some law on the books that makes the current mail-order abortion regime unlawful, even basic laws like practicing medicine without a license.
Yet abortionists protected by so-called “shield laws” ship drugs nationally with impunity, pointing to FDA for cover. Despite firm commitments from HHS Secretary Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Makary to conduct a thorough safety review of abortion drugs, FDA subsequently expanded the availability of the abortion drug mifepristone by approving a new generic version last fall.
This Administration’s support for the mail-order abortion drug regime up to this point is out of step with the majority of voters and specifically with the GOP base:
• A nationwide McLaughlin & Associates survey found that 7 in 10 likely general election voters –
including 57% of liberal voters – approve of requiring a doctor visit to receive a prescription for
abortion drugs.ii
• A nationwide Cygnal survey found that Republican primary voters overwhelmingly disapprove of
allowing mail-order abortion drugs, and one-third of those voters would be less enthusiastic about
voting in November and less willing to volunteer if GOP leaders abandon pro-life policies.iii
When abortion drugs are available through the mail, there is no accountability, state laws are made impotent, and women and girls are hurt. This is a harmful and politically dangerous path. We urge the DOJ to stop siding with the abortion industry and stand with pro-life states and brave women like Rosalie.
Sincerely,
Marjorie Dannenfelser, President
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America
Nelly Roach
Chief Executive Officer
Choose Life Marketing
Scott Baker
Vice President of Public Affairs
Choose Life Coalition
Dr. Christina Francis
Chief Executive Officer
American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians
and Gynecologists (AAPLOG)
Tim Chapman
President
Advancing American Freedom
John Mize
President
Americans United for Life
Larry Cirignano
D.C. Rep
Choose-Life
Anthony Verdugo
Founder and Executive Director
Christian Family Coalition Florida
Georgette Forney
President
Anglicans For Life
Jerry Cox
President
Arkansas Family Council
Brick Lantz, MD
Vice President of Advocacy and Bioethics
Christian Medical & Dental Associations
Samuel H. Lee
Director
Campaign Life Missouri
Karen Garnett
Vice President of National Expansion
Cogency Strategic
Nicole Theis
President
Delaware Family Policy Council
Kristen Day
Executive Director
Democrats For Life of America
Josh Mercer
Vice President of Advocacy
CatholicVote
Aaron Baer
President
Center for Christian Virtue
Kristen A. Ullman
President
Eagle Forum
Eunie Smith
President
Eagle Forum of Alabama
Donald T. Eason
President
Center for Urban Renewal and Education
(CURE)
Dr. Gary Hollingsworth
Interim President
Ethics and Religious Liberty CommissionChad Connelly
President and Founder
Faith Wins
Craig DeRoche
President and Chief Executive Officer
Family Policy Alliance
Ryan Kennedy
Chief of Operations
Florida Citizens Alliance
Beth Vanderkooi
President
Greater Columbus Right to Life
Britt Ivy Boice
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Heartlife Foundation
Jeff Bradford
President
Human Coalition
Andy Aplikowski
Executive Director
Human Life Alliance
Mike Fichter
President and Chief Executive Officer
Indiana Right to Life
Cecily Routman
President
Jewish Pro-Life Foundation
Addia K. Wuchner
Executive Director
Kentucky Right to Life
John Stemberger
President
Liberty Counsel Action
Alexandra Snyder
Chief Executive Officer
Life Legal Defense Foundation
Brendan H. O’Connell
President
Life Matters TV and Media, Inc.
Steven Ertelt
Editor
LifeNews.com
Lila Rose
Founder and President
Live Action
Gene Mills
President and Chief Executive Officer
Louisiana Family Forum
Benjamin Clapper
Executive Director
Louisiana Right to Life
Michael McClellan
Executive Director
Maine Right to Life
Michael King
President
Massachusetts Family Institute
Kathy Forck
Executive Director
MidWest March for Life
Susan Klein
Executive Director
Missouri Right to Life
Derek Oestreicher
Chief Legal Counsel
Montana Family FoundationRobin Sertell
Founder and President
Montanans for Life
Jason Rapert
Founder and President
National Association of Christian Lawmakers
Carol Tobias
President
National Right to Life
Ross Schriftman
President
Natrona County Chapter, Wyoming Right to Life
Tami Fitzgerald
Executive Director
NC Values Coalition
Nate Grasz
Executive Director
Nebraska Family Alliance
Jason Hennessey, Ph.D.
President
New Hampshire Right to Life
Elisa Martinez
Executive Director
New Mexico Alliance for Life
Mark Jorritsma
Executive Director
North Dakota Family Alliance
Carrie Snyder
Executive Director
Ohio Right to Life
Steve Pettit
President
Palmetto Family Alliance
Thomas J. Shaheen
Vice President for Policy
Pennsylvania Family Council
Ted Meehan
Legislative Director
Pennsylvania Pro-Life Coalition
Janet Morana
Executive Director
Priests For Life
Terrisa Bukovinac
Founder
Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising
Brian Gibson
Chief Executive Officer
Pro-Life Action Ministries
Ted Meehan
Chair
Pro-Life Delaware County
Hayden Laye
Founder and Director
Pro-Life Greenville (SC)
Mary Taylor
President
Pro-Life Utah
Maggie DeWitte
Executive Director
Pulse Life Advocates
Doug Truax
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Restoration of America Foundation
Mark Lee Dickson
Director
Right To Life Across TexasJohn Gerardi
Executive Director
Right to Life of Central California
Amy O’Donnell
Executive Director
Texas Alliance for Life
Nick Boratenski
Executive Director
Right to Life of Northeast Indiana
Dr. John Seago
President
Texas Right to Life
Cathie S. Francis-Martin
Interim Executive Director
Right to Life of Southwest Indiana
Melissa Ohden
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
The Abortion Survivors Network
Kelsey Hazzard
Board President
Secular Pro-Life
David Daleiden
Founder and President
The Center for Medical Progress
Kristan Hawkins
President
Students for Life Action
David Walls
Executive Director
The Family Foundation of Kentucky
Paul Teller
President
Teller Strategies
Allan Parker
President
The Justice Foundation
Daniel Degner
President
Wisconsin Family Action
i Louisiana: https://sbaprolife.org/newsroom/press-releases/trump-vance-doj-undermines-pro-life-states-denies-
abortion-drug-survivor-justice-for-a-year-or-more; Missouri: https://sbaprolife.org/newsroom/press-
releases/shameful-trump-vance-doj-sides-with-abortion-drug-dealers-again-in-late-friday-filing; Florida:
https://sbaprolife.org/newsroom/press-releases/trump-vance-doj-sides-with-abortion-industry-on-mail-order-drugs-
twice-in-a-week
ii https://sbaprolife.org/newsroom/press-releases/breaking-7-in-10-voters-want-to-roll-back-biden-covid-abortion-
drug-policy-reinstate-in-person-doctor-visits
iii https://sbaprolife.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SBA_National_Memo_Final.pdf
