Kentucky AG asks US Supreme Court to ‘stop unregulated flow of mail order abortion pills’
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced Friday he asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the unregulated flow of mail order abortion pills into Kentucky and other states.
According to a release by Coleman’s office, within a brief joined by 23 state attorneys general, Coleman asked justices to reject “the Biden Administration’s unlawful move to open the floodgates for mail order abortion pills without proper doctor supervision.”
In 2023, the release states Biden directed the Food and Drug Administration to remove the requirement that the abortion drug mifepristone be administered following an in-person visit with a qualified medical professional.
Officials say this allowed doctors in California and New York to prescribe the drug to Kentucky women without an in-person appointment, which Coleman’s office states is “in violation of state law.”
Previously, the release says Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill challenged this regulation in federal court, arguing it “violated the law because the FDA relied on flawed or nonexistent data when removing safety guardrails around the drug.”
According to Coleman’s office, without proper medical supervision, abortion-inducing drugs “have caused dangerous side effects in women who ingest the drug.”
On Friday, officials say the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit unanimously agreed with Louisiana that the Biden Administration is unlawful and usurps the ability of states to protect pregnant women.
Now, that opinion has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Activist groups from New York and California have been flooding our Commonwealth with these deadly pills without proper medical supervision,” Coleman said. “We’re asking the Supreme Court to recognize that Kentucky has the ability to protect the health and safety of our citizens.”
Earlier this year, Coleman’s office says he announced a civil investigation into organizations that could be participating in the unlawful mailing or delivery of abortion pills into Kentucky. In 2022, the General Assembly passed House Bill 3, which prohibits the mailing or delivery of abortion-inducing drugs in Kentucky. In addition, Kentucky’s Consumer Protection Act prohibits deceptive or misleading communications with Kentuckians, according to Coleman’s office.
According to officials, any Kentuckian “who sees one of these advertisements or suspects any other unlawful business activity is encouraged to report it to the Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Protection here.”
Attorney General Coleman joined the Nebraska-led brief, along with attorneys general from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.
