In response to Vice President JD Vance’s speech at the Jan. 23 March for Life, the president of a national network of pro-lifers issued a stark warning that the number of abortions has increased post-Roe — marking an urgent need for the Trump administration to regulate the mail-order chemical abortion drugs that are available throughout the nation.
In her statement, Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of SBA Pro-Life America, pointed out that Vance asked pro-lifers to consider “where the fight for life stood just one decade ago, and now look where it stands today.”
According to Dannenfelser, the measured change since then underscores “a harsh reality.”
“The clearest measure of whether the pro-life movement is winning or losing is the number of abortions occurring each year,” Dannenfelser said.
She stated that since 2016, the number of abortions have increased by about 30%, with at least 1.1 million occurring annually in the nation post-Roe.
“Because of the indispensable role President Trump played in the overturning of Roe, we have the opportunity to save lives and serve women,” Dannenfelser continued. “But it is because of the inaction of the Trump-Vance administration on abortion drugs that this opportunity isn’t being realized – and abortions are going up, not down.”
After the 2022 Dobbs decision, President Joe Biden removed the requirement for chemical abortion drugs to be dispensed in person, opening the gates for mail-ordered abortion drugs without substantial medical supervision, Dannenfelser explained.
“As a result, the Trump-Vance position of ‘back to the states’ is being undermined every single day as abortion drugs flood illegally into pro-life states,” she said. “Women are also paying the price, with horrifying cases of abuse and coercion emerging – including in Vice President Vance’s home state of Ohio.”
Dannenfelser urged for the chemical abortion drugs to be subject to at least minimal oversight to protect the nation’s most vulnerable citizens.
“It is time for the Trump-Vance administration to act and at a minimum restore in-person dispensing, getting these dangerous drugs out of the mail,” she concluded. “Doing so would allow states to enforce their laws, protect countless unborn lives, and restore essential medical oversight to stop the coercion and abuse of women nationwide.”