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7 Ways Anti-Abortion Extremists Are Coming for Mifepristone—and Abortion Access Nationwide
Banning or rolling back access to the most commonly used method of abortion can lead to a de facto nationwide ban—even in places where abortion is legally protected.
Key Takeaways
- Mifepristone is a safe, FDA-approved abortion pill used by millions over more for than 20 years
- Anti-abortion extremists are targeting it through lawsuits, legislation, and disinformation
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- Restricting mifepristone could effectively end abortion access nationwide—even in states where abortion is legally protected
- These attacks are part of a coordinated strategy to ban abortion across the U.S.
⚡TL; DR (too long, didn’t read)
Anti-abortion extremists are attacking access to medication abortion any way they can.
Mifepristone (a commonly used abortion pill) has been used safely for more than 20 years and is backed by overwhelming scientific evidence.
Help combat disinformation: Share our social media toolkit with your family and friends and spread the truth that mifepristone is safe and effective.
💡Resources for Abortion Care
If you need abortion care, there are resources available:
- Find abortion care: Explore Abortion Finder, Abortion on our Terms, Plan C, —or chat with Charley the Chatbot (right here on this webpage).
- Medical support: M+A Hotline for abortion care resources
- Financial support: Groups like the National Network of Abortion Funds and ineedana.com can help you access financial resources.
- Legal help: Repro Legal Helpline and Abortion Defense Network
⚠️ The Stakes: What it Means to Restrict Mifepristone
Abortion bans cause devastating harm. The nonstop attacks on mifepristone are not about protecting patients—they are about creating confusion, chaos, and real consequences for people who need or want care.
🔎 The 7 Ways Anti-Abortion Extremists Are Coming for Mifepristone
Despite more than two decades of scientific evidence proving mifepristone’s safety and effectiveness, anti-abortion groups repeatedly announce their intent to attack mifepristone—it’s their top priority.
These extremist groups, along with their Republican allies in Congress, anti-abortion judges, and officials in key roles in the Trump administration, are coordinating an all-out attack on mifepristone:
The 7 Ways Anti-Abortion Extremists Are Coming for Mifepristone
1. Junk science and disinformation
Anti-abortion extremist groups published a junk science “study” filled with anti-abortion lies that’s being weaponized by Republican lawmakers and the Trump administration to attack mifepristone. These same groups have also been pushing absurd environmental claims about mifepristone.
The 7 Ways Anti-Abortion Extremists Are Coming for Mifepristone
2. Baseless court cases
The Supreme Court left attacks on mifepristone open in its ruling on Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, when it refused to affirm the science or safety of mifepristone.
This ruling left the door open for new lawsuits against mifepristone—which is exactly what Republican attorneys general and anti-abortion groups are now pursuing in federal courts in Missouri, Florida, and Louisiana.
The 7 Ways Anti-Abortion Extremists Are Coming for Mifepristone
3. Trump’s FDA is conducting a baseless “review” of mifepristone
Trump-appointed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Martin Makary confirmed their sweeping “review” of mifepristone in a letter sent to Republican anti-abortion state attorneys general.
This “review” is outside of the norm for any FDA protocol and is a purely political maneuver.
The 7 Ways Anti-Abortion Extremists Are Coming for Mifepristone
4. Republicans in Congress
Republican Senator Josh Hawley (MO) is leading the charge on attacking mifepristone in Congress. He introduced a bill to ban the mailing of mifepristone and spearheaded a letter to pressure the HHS and FDA to question mifepristone’s safety that all but two Republican Senators signed onto.
The 7 Ways Anti-Abortion Extremists Are Coming for Mifepristone
5. Misusing 1800s era Comstock Act
In coordination with VP JD Vance and other officials in the Trump Administration, Congressional Republicans are attempting to misuse a 150-year old law called the Comstock Act to block access to both abortion pills and medical equipment used for abortion care nationwide.
The 7 Ways Anti-Abortion Extremists Are Coming for Mifepristone
6. State-level attacks
Texas has enacted one of the strictest medication abortion bans in the country, a bounty-hunter style law that allows anyone to sue providers, manufacturers, or distributors of medication abortion for $100,000.
Meanwhile, Mississippi just enacted a law that criminalizes medication abortion, and could lead to sweeping restrictions on abortion access nationwide. The bill threatens criminal penalties—up to 10 years in prison—for anyone who manufactures, sells, distributes, dispenses, or prescribes medication abortion including mifepristone and misoprostol.
The 7 Ways Anti-Abortion Extremists Are Coming for Mifepristone
7. Disinformation and pressure campaigns
Anti-abortion extremist groups like Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (SBA) are aggressively pressuring businesses like Costco to block mifepristone from being dispensed in its pharmacies.
🛩️ The Big Picture: Their Goal is a Backdoor Abortion Ban
Anti-abortion extremists will not be satisfied until abortion is banned nationwide, providers and patients are punished, birth control is restricted, and fetuses and embryos are granted full legal rights as people. Banning the most common method of abortion is critical to achieving that goal.
This effort has nothing to do with safety, or science. These lawsuits are part of a broader, coordinated effort to ban abortion nationwide, as outlined in Project 2025. By weaponizing the courts, anti-abortion extremists are attempting to override medical science, democratic will, and decades of safe use.
📢 Take Action: Spread the Word
Americans overwhelmingly support abortion access. Instead of listening to voters or medical experts, extremists are attempting to override science, medicine, and the will of the people to unfairly attack mifepristone.
That’s why it is important for us to stay informed, and take action now.
3 Ways to Take Action
Protect Medication Abortion Access
Anti-abortion extremists are attacking medication abortion to essentially ban abortion for millions of people. Add your name in support of access to medication abortion.
Spread the Word: Mifepristone is Safe and Effective
Share our social media toolkit with your family and friends and spread the truth that mifepristone is safe and effective.
Quiz: How much do you know about the abortion pill—really?
Extremists have launched a coordinated attack on mifepristone—a safe and effective medication. Can you separate fact from fiction? Take our quiz to find out!
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