For Immediate Release: Feb. 25, 2026
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Another Reported Abortion Drugging Raises Urgent Safety Concerns

Washington, D.C. –  A Texas man faces criminal charges after authorities say he slipped abortion drugs to a pregnant mother, killing her unborn child. Reportedly, the mother repeatedly refused the man’s demands for her to abort, including his repeated offers to fund her out-of-state travel for an abortion. Officials say the woman wanted her child and named her, Presley Mae. Tragically, the woman lost her child, as the baby was stillborn following the forced abortion.

As Texas AG Ken Paxton warns in his brand new lawsuit, illegal abortion-drug shipments and the harms they cause aren’t theoretical. This heartbreaking case illustrates why protecting women and unborn babies is so urgent.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser commented:

“Abortion drugs are the modern back-alley abortions – hidden from view, often coerced and dangerous to women. The tragic case of little Presley Mae in Texas is heartbreaking proof that the unregulated flow of mail-order abortion drugs is enabling a wave of forced abortions across our nation. Biden’s COVID-era policy stripped away commonsense guardrails on abortion drugs, and as Presley Mae’s story shows, the consequences are real. Tragically, this story isn’t an isolated incident. Time and time again, we’ve seen abusers exploit unchecked access to these deadly drugs to secretly end the lives of unborn children against their mothers’ wishes, from Texas to Louisiana to Ohio and beyond.”

Americans are watching this public health crisis, created by the Biden Administration’s reckless COVID-19 mail-order abortion drug policy, unfold in real time. A nationwide survey conducted by Cygnal finds Republican primary voters overwhelmingly disapprove of allowing mail-order abortion drugs. Another recent poll showed that 7 in 10 voters want in-person doctor visits for abortion drugs restored.

Sixty Republican U.S. senators and representatives and 21 Republican attorneys general filed amicus briefs supporting Louisiana in the case. Fifty-one senators and 175 representatives previously called on the FDA and HHS to reinstate commonsense safeguards on abortion drugs.

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked the court to deny relief for a year or potentially longer, pending a safety study of mifepristone promised by FDA Commissioner Marty Makary.

Peer-reviewed research found three quarters of ER visits within 30 days after abortion drug use were coded as severe or critical.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is a network of more than one million pro-life Americans nationwide, dedicated to ending abortion by electing national leaders and advocating for laws that save lives, with a special calling to promote pro-life women leaders.

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