Acting Attorney General Pledges Action Against Mail Delivery of Mifepristone

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche pledged on Wednesday to take action to stop abortion medication from being available through the mail. The Hill reported that Blanche committed to Republican senators he would prioritize taking action on mifepristone if confirmed.

Blanche said the Trump administration opposes a Biden-era policy that allowed the abortion pill mifepristone to be sent through the mail.

He suggested the Department of Justice could review the policy. Blanche declined to go into specifics on how he would take action. “You know, I’ve seen video myself of what appears to be pills coming even from overseas to young women, and doesn’t matter who applies for it, anybody can get it.

There’s no instructions; they just come dumped out of a little plastic bag, and and it’s wrong,” Blanche said. ” The Biden administration in 2023 permanently ended an in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone. Blanche stated the Trump administration is not defending what the Biden administration did regarding mifepristone regulations.

He added that for the first time in a decade, HHS and the FDA are taking a real look at the safety of abortion pills. An administration official said the FDA review of mifepristone is likely to take six months to complete, with possible earlier release of initial results. The U.S.

Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit is set to hear arguments in September on Louisiana's lawsuit against the FDA over mail-order mifepristone. The Department of Justice has asked courts in legal filings to dismiss or pause state lawsuits over mifepristone, citing an ongoing FDA safety review.