Three state attorneys general just announced they are challenging blue state shield laws facilitating illegal abortion drug shipments. But they’re not just taking their case to the Supreme Court, they’re also seeking damages from those smuggling unlawful pills that harm women and the unborn into their states.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, whose state is also suing those responsible blasted the organizations and individuals named in the Sept 30 lawsuit, saying they, “Have made false, misleading and dangerous representations concerning the safety, effectiveness, legality, risks and appropriate use of abortion inducing drugs, including minimizing potential complications and the need for in person medical care.” Murrill added, “In Louisiana alone, their actions have resulted in the hospitalization of women and the deaths of thousands of unborn babies. These are not healthcare providers. They are illegal drug traffickers.”

The suit filed by Murrill, along with Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall follows efforts by pro-abortion activists and organizations across the nation to undermine protections for the unborn in these three states. Following the Dobbs decision, the Biden FDA dangerously lifted a requirement that prescriptions for the abortion drug mifepristone be dispensed in person. The state of Louisiana has sued the FDA over that decision and the Biden administration’s clear effort to undermine the laws of pro-life states, following harm to women from these drugs. Despite the risks, states like New York have passed “shield laws” to protect those who sent abortion drugs to states where they are illegal.

During the Sept. 30 press conference, Murrill showed the press a pill bottle missing both the prescriber and the name of the recipient. Murrill warned, “They just send it out in the mail without any contact directly with any healthcare provider.”

Later in the press conference, Griffin emphasized that the abortion pills are dangerous even when “manufactured consistent with FDA standards,” while standing near a display showing abortion drug health warnings.

Griffin denounced those who describe sending dangerous drugs through the mail to anyone who asked without safeguards as “healthcare.” Griffin added:

“A healthcare provider, a legitimate healthcare provider, would never tell a patient to lie if they have to go to the emergency room. They would never omit safety information, warnings about what could happen if you take the pill. A healthcare provider would never do that. A healthcare provider would never deceive patients about the side effects, potential side effects, common side effects of taking the pill. In fact, we have instances where some of these individuals that we are suing are telling women that it’s just like taking a Tylenol.”

These abortion drugs being illegally mailed into pro-life states are doing grave harm across the nation. In fact, they are enabling bad actors nationwide:

• In Louisiana, the woman at the center of Louisiana v. FDA was forced to take abortion pills by an abusive boyfriend, resulting in the death of her baby.
• In Ohio, a man has been sentenced after impersonating his ex-wife and poisoning her with abortion drugs.
• In Kentucky, a man has been formally indicted for allegedly switching his girlfriend’s medication with an abortion drug.
• A Texas man faces criminal charges after authorities say he slipped abortion drugs to a pregnant woman—far past the FDA’s recommended timeframe—tragically killing her unborn daughter, Presley Mae, at approximately 14 weeks. Reportedly, the mother refused the man’s demands for her to abort her child, including his repeated offers to fund her out-of-state travel for an abortion.
• In North Carolina, an 18-year-old ordered the drugs online and gave birth to a 31-week-old baby in a toilet. First responders performed CPR on the infant and revived its pulse before transporting the baby to the hospital.