By CatholicVote | Created at 2025-01-14 22:06:11 | Updated at 2025-01-15 05:14:49
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CV NEWS FEED // Sen. Mike Young (R-Ind.) introduced legislation in the Indiana Senate this month that would uphold the state’s pro-life laws by making abortion pill trafficking a Class A misdemeanor.
According to Students for Life Action, the organization behind the Chemical Abortion Prevention Act, chemical abortion pill pushers often mail the pills to women in Indiana or other pro-life states to work around pro-life laws. In Indiana, abortions are only permitted within 10 weeks of pregnancy or in cases of rape, incest or a fetal abnormalities.
SFLAction Vice President of Political Affairs Chanel Jacobs stated in a news release that the Act would hold chemical abortion pill pushers “accountable” and protect both unborn babies and their mothers. In addition to classifying the first offense of abortion pill trafficking as a misdemeanor, the Act would also make subsequent offenses a level 6 felony.
“The preborn babies and mothers of Indiana deserve so much more than the barbarism and reckless distribution of Chemical Abortion Pills,” she stated.
In the news release, Jacobs also thanked Young for introducing the bill, stating that the Act “[sends] a clear message: endangering preborn babies and their mothers for a quick buck is unacceptable, and make no mistake, we will ask and expect pro-life legislators to support this legislation.”
Jacobs noted that although the abortion industry claims that chemical abortions constitute only 60% of all abortions, SFLAction believes the percentage is higher. SFLAction added that chemical abortion pills have become widely used in the U.S. due to the convenience of receiving mail-order pills.
According to the news release, the Act is part of SFLAction’s Make America Pro-Life Again strategic plan, which includes pro-life legislative packages, among other proposed actions and policies.
