Inaction has consequences: Mail-order mifepristone is midterm game-changer

Published June 1, 2026 7:00am ET



Inaction on the abortion drug crisis will not come without consequences for this year’s midterm elections.

As post-Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization retaliation dressed as COVID-19 relief, the Biden Food and Drug Administration removed the very last of any common-sense safety regulations on the abortion drug, mifepristone, making the dangerous drug available on demand to the general public via mail without doctor oversight. The abortion drug is now responsible for more than two-thirds of abortions, killing around 700,000 unborn humans in the U.S. annually and injuring 1 in 10 women who take the drug. Correcting Biden’s error is not only the right thing to do, but it would be an easy way to energize the pro-life electorate ahead of the midterm elections.

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