On May 14, the U.S. Supreme Court yielded to abortion-drug manufacturers Danco and GenBioPro, allowing mifepristone to continue flowing into pro-life states through the mail. Here’s what that actually means.The abortion industry tells us that mail-order abortions now account for 27% of all abortions in the country. That’s 27% of all abortions happening without any interaction with a medical professional to screen for things like ectopic pregnancy, coercion, or gestational age. And that number continues to rise.The abortion industry also tells us that the number of mail-order abortions per month in 2025 reached 26,900. Of those, approximately 14,780 were “provided under shield laws.” According to the Society of Family Planning, “shield law” abortions are code for “unlawful” chemical abortions under state laws. That means, as of June 2025, more than half (55%) of all mail-order abortions were unlawful mail-order abortions because of either state-based abortion or telehealth restrictions. That’s 14,780 unlawful abortions perpetrated using FDA-approved, mail-order mifepristone every month.
Let’s get even more granular on this monthly data.
Setting aside the 1,990 unlawful abortions in states that permit abortion drugs but outlaw them by mail, the results are even more concentrated. Pro-life states that protect life from the moment of conception are inundated by approximately 9,000 unlawful mail-order abortions every month. Those 9,000 mail-order abortions comprise nearly 100% of all abortions in those pro-life states. States that protect life after six weeks or later are seeing approximately 3,790 unlawful mail-order abortions every month.
