{"id":2593679,"date":"2026-04-22T09:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-claiming-mail-order-abortions-are-almost-exclusively-legal-is-fake-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:14:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:14:58","slug":"study-claiming-mail-order-abortions-are-almost-exclusively-legal-is-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-claiming-mail-order-abortions-are-almost-exclusively-legal-is-fake-news\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Mail-Order Abortions Aren&#8217;t &#8216;Almost Exclusively&#8217; Legal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstudy-claiming-mail-order-abortions-are-almost-exclusively-legal-is-fake-news%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2593679&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece argues that a JAMA study criticizing the FDA\u2019s removal of REMS in-person dispensing for mifepristone is essentially propaganda for the abortion industry adn should not be trusted by courts or regulators. It identifies two main flaws: first,the study relies on data that may misstate residents\u2019 states of residence,especially when illegal activity is involved; second,it likely excludes many providers that facilitate illegal,telehealth-based abortions,meaning the dataset undercounts the true scope of access and legality. The author notes that even the study\u2019s own supplement acknowledges limited data coverage (about 92% of retail and up to 85% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-push-hhs-secretary-to-make-abortion-drugs-cheaper-easier-to-access\/\" title=\"House Democrats Push HHS Secretary To Make ... Drugs Cheaper, Easier To Access\">mail-order pharmacies<\/a>), which undermines claims about the legal provision of pills. To illustrate real-world harm, the piece cites the case of Rosalie Markezich, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/northern-california-cafe-posts-5-fee-for-people-bragging-about-getting-covid-vaccine-wearing-a-mask-while-ordering\/\" title=\"Northern California Cafe Posts  Fee For People \u2018Bragging\u2019 About Getting Covid Vaccine, Wearing A Mask While Ordering\">domestic abuse victim<\/a> coerced into taking abortion drugs ordered online by her boyfriend, a scenario not captured by the JAMA dataset. The article concludes that the FDA must act to protect women, and it is indeed written by Jamie Bryan Hall of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <em>Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)<\/em> may have previewed the abortion industry&rsquo;s next argument against pro-life states like Louisiana that are currently suing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to stop the influx of illegal mail-order abortion pills across their borders: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t believe your lying eyes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, a four-author <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/article-abstract\/2847577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a> published in <em>JAMA<\/em> last week prominently claims:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The FDA&rsquo;s removal of the REMS in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone was associated with a large increase in individuals filling mifepristone prescriptions at pharmacies, almost exclusively through mail order for individuals in states where abortion is legal and telehealth prescribing is permitted.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Abortion proponents will argue that the <em>JAMA<\/em> study shows the mail-order abortions that do occur are &ldquo;almost exclusively&rdquo; perfectly legal. In reality, the authors can credibly report only that those pharmacies that report that they <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >provide mail-order abortion pills claim<\/a> to do so legally. That&rsquo;s neither surprising nor newsworthy.<\/p>\n<p>I can credibly report that the <em>JAMA<\/em> article is, to borrow a phrase, <em>almost exclusively<\/em> propaganda for the abortion industry. The courts and the FDA would do well to ignore it.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>JAMA<\/em> study contains two critical flaws:<\/p>\n<p>First, if someone lies to obtain the abortion pill illegally in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idaho-governor-signs-bill-banning-abortions-after-fetal-heartbeat-can-be-detected\/\" title=\"Idaho Governor Signs Bill Banning ...s After Fetal Heartbeat Can Be Detected\">pro-life state<\/a>, the dataset will reflect the lie. Buried in a linked &ldquo;Supplement 1&rdquo; rather than in the main text, the authors acknowledge that &ldquo;individuals from states with a total ban or telehealth restrictions may misrepresent their state of residence to receive a mifepristone prescription.&rdquo; The woman&rsquo;s reported state of residence is not merely unreliable; it is likely incorrect precisely when concealing illegal activity, so it is impossible to make a credible claim that the abortion pills included in their dataset were supplied legally.<\/p>\n<p>Second, abortion pills supplied by organizations committed to evading state pro-life laws are unlikely to be included in the dataset. In the very same supplement, the authors report that their insurance dataset &ldquo;captures data from 92% of retail pharmacies and up to 85% of mail-order pharmacies,&rdquo; which could lead an uninformed reader to believe they have the vast majority of the relevant data. <\/p>\n<p>But those missing mail-order pharmacies would include, among others, those that prefer not to create a paper trail of their illegal activities. In fact, the pro-abortion Society of Family Planning <a href=\"https:\/\/societyfp.org\/research\/wecount\/wecount-december-2024-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">boasts<\/a> that about 10,000 abortions per month were provided via telehealth to women in states where this was <em>illegal<\/em> in 2024. By contrast, the dataset used in the <em>JAMA<\/em> study includes only about 3,000 mifepristone prescriptions &mdash; whether legal or illegal &mdash; per month nationwide, clearly only a tiny portion of the relevant data. It is impossible to make a credible claim about the legal provision of abortion pills when those doing so illegally are overwhelmingly excluded from the dataset.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>JAMA<\/em> study must be exposed before its central false claim gains traction.<\/p>\n<p>Consider <a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/article\/rosalie-markezich-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rosalie Markezich<\/a>, the co-plaintiff in the Louisiana lawsuit, a domestic abuse victim whose boyfriend had a criminal record. She was excited to learn she was pregnant, but he used her personal information without her consent to order abortion drugs online from California. Soon after the pills arrived in the mail, he physically isolated her and angrily coerced her into taking them. Rosalie <a href=\"https:\/\/litigationtracker.law.georgetown.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/State-of-Louisiana_2025.10.06_COMPLAINT-EXHIBITS-83-110-OF-110.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">testifies<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>I pleaded with him: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t make me do this.&rdquo; &hellip; If the Biden FDA had not removed in-person dispensing, my then-boyfriend would not have been able to obtain abortion drugs and pressure me to take them against my will.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rosalie&rsquo;s case would not be found in the database used for the <em>JAMA<\/em> study. Nevertheless, she is one of many thousands of women nationwide who have <a href=\"https:\/\/stopharmingwomen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suffered<\/a> harm due to the FDA&rsquo;s failure to uphold its duty to ensure the safety, efficacy, and security of mifepristone. The FDA must act swiftly to protect women from this dangerous drug.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jamie Bryan Hall is the director of data analysis and a fellow in the Life and Family Initiative at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAMA study: legal, mail-order abortions up nationwide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4258,"featured_media":2593680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Woman-Hand-on-Lips.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4310,33741,78313,70112],"class_list":["post-2593679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-abortion","tag-legality","tag-mail-order-abortions","tag-reproductive-rights-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Woman-Hand-on-Lips.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4258"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2593679"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2593688,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593679\/revisions\/2593688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2593680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2593679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2593679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2593679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}