FDA Cracks Down on Internet Abortions as Pro-Life Battles Sweep the States

The FDA is cracking down on organizations that sell abortions pills over the internet. 

Organizations like Aid Access and Rablon were issued letters from the FDA ordering them to stop selling unapproved abortion drugs immediately. Aid Access has been under investigation since October for taking orders from women in the US and filling the prescriptions in India.

Abortion Battle Rage Across the US 

Meanwhile, the governor of Utah has signed into law a bill that bans abortions after 18 weeks gestation. As CBN News has reported, Utah has also banned abortion of unborn babies with Down syndrome. 

State battles over abortion have been sweeping the country this year, especially after New York state passed its extreme law allowing abortion up until the moment of the baby's birth.

In Mississippi, Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill outlawing most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, about six weeks into pregnancy. The law is one of the strictest regulations of abortion in the nation. 

In a tweet, Bryant affirmed his commitment to fight for lives. "We will all answer to the good Lord one day," he wote. "I will say in this instance, 'I fought for the lives of innocent babies, even under threat of legal action'."

We will all answer to the good Lord one day. I will say in this instance, "I fought for the lives of innocent babies, even under threat of legal action." https://t.co/4bHEmCqN74

— Phil Bryant (@PhilBryantMS) March 20, 2019

In Kentucky, there is legislation soon to be signed into law by pro-life Gov. Matt Bevin that will ban abortion on multiple counts. Women seeking an abortion will no longer be able to terminate their unborn baby on the basis of the baby's gender, race or disability such as Down syndrome. 

The state also has a new measure similiar to Mississippi's heartbeat law that bans the act once a fetal heartbeat is detected, about six weeks into a woman's pregnancy.

In Ohio, the fight against Planned Parenthood continues to increase as the state's Department of Health informed the organization that they will no longer grant them state funding. According to Cleveland.com, last year ODH granted $600,000 to Planned Parenthood clinics for services including the STD (sexually transmitted disease) Control program and the Minority HIV/AIDS initiative. Now, the state says they will no longer give money to any organization that "performs or promotes" non-therapeutic abortion.

Ohio's move comes after President Trump began defunding abortion organizations like Planned Parenthood by removing the family planning funding they were permitted to receive under Title X in 2017. 

Meanwhile, states like North Carolina and Iowa have received pushback from the courts for attempting to take pro-life action. 

In Iowa this year, District Court Judge Michael Huppert ruled that the state's pro-life "fetal heartbeat" law, protecting life as early as six weeks, is unconstitutional and may not be enforced. And in North Carolina, a federal judge has just declared the state's law unconstitutional for banning abortions after 20 weeks.