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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks with EWTN News’ Catherine Hadro on “EWTN News Nightly” on Nov. 7, 2025. 

Florida announces $350 million false advertising lawsuit against Planned Parenthood

Nov 8, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Florida is suing Planned Parenthood for up to $350 million for allegedly falsely advertising abortion pills as “safer than Tylenol,”... Read more

Fifty-one senators asked the FDA to rescind its approval of a generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone on Oct. 9, 2025.

51 senators ask FDA to rescind approval of new ‘generic’ abortion pill

Oct 9, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Sen. Lindsey Graham, joined by 50 of his colleagues, wrote that “we are deeply concerned” with the FDA’s decision to... Read more

FDA sign outside their headquarters in Washington, D.C.

U.S. bishops: FDA approval of generic abortion drug is a ‘shocking inconsistency’

Oct 8, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug even as the administration is currently investigating the abortion drug for... Read more

The FDA approved a new abortion pill this week made by a company seeking to “normalize abortion.”

FDA approves new abortion pill from company seeking to ‘normalize abortion’

Oct 2, 2025

By Daniel Payne

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week approved a new abortion pill made by a company that explicitly... Read more

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a Senate hearing on Sept. 4, 2025, that the FDA review of abortion pill safety concerns is ongoing.

Review of abortion pill safety is ongoing, Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy says

Sep 4, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified during a Senate hearing Sept. 4 that a federal review of safety concerns... Read more

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Costco won’t sell abortion pill at pharmacy locations

Aug 15, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. Read more

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22 attorneys general demand safety review of abortion drug mifepristone

Aug 13, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

In a letter obtained by Fox News Digital, the attorneys general urged HHS and the FDA to restore safeguards removed... Read more

Food and Drug Administration sign at its headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Government will conduct abortion pill review amid studies showing possible dangers

Jun 3, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said he is “committed” to conducting the review in a June 2 letter addressed to Missouri... Read more

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Capitol Hill on May 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Health and Human Services chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. orders review of abortion pill

May 15, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the regulation and labeling of the abortion pill mifepristone following new evidence... Read more

Mailman on the job in Salt Lake City.

Democrats push bill to protect mailing of abortion pills

Mar 14, 2025

By Matt McDonald

The “Stop the Comstock Act” bill, filed Wednesday, would remove language in federal law that prohibits sending items that cause... Read more

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks after being sworn in as Department of Health and Human Services secretary on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to study abortion pill safety questions

Feb 19, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Regulating or restricting the abortion pill has become an important cause for pro-life activists, as the drug now accounts for... Read more

Pro-life protestors hold signs outside the Missouri Supreme Court on Sept. 10, 2024, advocating against Amendment 3, which would dramatically expand abortion access in Missouri if passed in November.

3 states pick up abortion pill lawsuit against Food and Drug Administration

Oct 21, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

The states of Missouri, Kansas, and Idaho argue in the new lawsuit that “women should have the in-person care of... Read more

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on March 26, 2024, for a lawsuit brought by the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (AHM), which seeks to impose more restrictions on the prescription of mifepristone.

In unanimous decision, SCOTUS rejects doctors’ challenge to abortion pill

Jun 13, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled against a physician-led challenge to the abortion drug mifepristone. Read more

A pro-abortion activist displays abortion pills as she counter-protests during an anti-abortion demonstration on March 25, 2023, in New York City.

Pro-life roundup: Louisiana passes abortion fraud bill, California invites abortionists from Arizona

May 24, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

A look at major abortion-related developments that took place in the states this week. Read more

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on March 26, 2024, for a lawsuit brought by the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (AHM), which seeks to impose more restrictions on the prescription of mifepristone.

Abortion pill opponents face Supreme Court skepticism

Mar 26, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

The justices heard oral arguments on March 26 for a lawsuit brought by Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (AHM). Read more

Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) senior counsel Kellie Fiedorek (center) and Elizabeth Gillette (right), who survived severe complications from a chemical abortion, spoke with EWTN News Nightly anchor Tracy Sabol about the case.

Experts preview U.S. Supreme Court’s abortion pill case

Mar 25, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday regarding the Biden administration’s alleged deficient safeguards surrounding use of mifepristone. Read more

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CVS and Walgreens to begin selling abortion pills this month

Mar 1, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

The Biden administration has significantly loosened restrictions on abortion drugs in recent years, allowing pills to be administered via mail... Read more

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Chemical abortion pill: U.S. bishops issue guide laying out dangers and concerns  

Feb 12, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

The bishops’ document cited a number of safety concerns with the abortion pill, which included blood loss, infections, and even... Read more

The Supreme Court of the United States, Oct. 7. 2022.

U.S. Supreme Court to hear major abortion pill case in March

Jan 31, 2024

By Joe Bukuras

The decision in the case could determine whether the abortion pill mifepristone can be prescribed by telemedicine or sent through... Read more

The Supreme Court of the United States, Oct. 7. 2022.

Supreme Court to review high-stakes abortion case

Dec 13, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

The United States Supreme Court will review a lower court ruling that reimposed restrictions on the abortion drug mifepristone. Read more