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For pro-life advocates, the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs decision offers a grim reminder that while they won the battle to overturn Roe v. Wade, they\u2019re losing the war.<\/p>\n

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Elective pregnancy terminations have climbed since the Supreme Court eliminated the federal right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson, driven by a booming mail-order abortion-pill industry that has made state restrictions all but unenforceable.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre we better off today? No, we\u2019re killing more babies today,\u201d said Bob Vander Plaats, president and CEO of The Family Leader, on a Tuesday press call. \u201cWe\u2019re being more creative about how we kill more babies. We\u2019re endangering more women today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clinicians performed 1,126,000 abortions in 2025, up 16% from 2020, which does not include at-home abortions using pills obtained from community networks and foreign providers, according to the pro-choice Guttmacher Institute.<\/p>\n

Bishop Daniel Thomas, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops\u2019 Committee on Pro-Life Activities, warned that \u201cthe victory of the Dobbs decision risks being undone by the massive influx of abortion pills.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the Dobbs decision gave states the freedom to pass pro-life laws and protect pre-born children, these laws are now being undermined,\u201d said Bishop Thomas in a Monday statement.<\/p>\n

Twenty states enacted tighter restrictions on abortion after Dobbs, in some cases banning all abortions except to save the woman\u2019s life or prevent serious physical harm.<\/p>\n

Those laws were rendered moot by the Biden-era Food and Drug Administration, which eliminated in 2023 the in-person prescribing requirement for mifepristone, one of two drugs in the abortion-pill protocol, and allowed it to be delivered by mail.<\/p>\n

The result has been growing tension between the Trump administration and the pro-life movement.<\/p>\n

Pro-life advocates have urged the FDA to reinstate its pre-Biden safeguards. The agency hasn\u2019t. They\u2019ve urged President Trump to back a federal minimum, such as a 20-week gestational limit on most abortions, while he supports having the states decide their own policies.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the mail-order abortion pill, however, \u201cthe whole states-only experiment is a failure,\u201d said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of SBA Pro-Life America.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe find that the abortion drug has usurped sovereignty of those states, and that people like Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, and Kathy Hochul, the governor of New York, are determining policy for pro-life states,\u201d she said. \u201cTo the extent that now 15,000 children a month are dying in pro-life states, states that have strong pro-life protections. That is the definition of failure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Still, she said, there\u2019s reason for optimism. The FDA confirmed last month that it has launched a safety review into mifepristone under Acting Commissioner Kyle Diamantas, who took over after the resignation of embattled Commissioner Marty Makary.<\/p>\n

Ryan Bomberger, founder of the Radiance Foundation, said the movement is regaining its footing after the post-Dobbs onslaught, which included nearly 100 attacks on pro-life centers and a slew of \u201chugely deceptive state ballot initiatives\u201d ensuring virtually unlimited abortion access.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always hard to compete when you\u2019re outspent 20-to-1 and have to overcome blatant mainstream media bias,\u201d he told The Washington Times. \u201cI think we\u2019re better, though, since Dobbs because we\u2019re finding new ways to break through the political noise. We see this success, culturally, with viral messaging on social media.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that 19 states now offer alternatives to abortion, including more than $200 million in pregnancy and post-partum resources, adoption options, counseling and material support.<\/p>\n

\u201cFunding for pregnancy centers has increased significantly,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s a win for mothers, fathers and children, born and unborn. Pro-life policies implemented at HHS is a win. Defunding Planned Parenthood in Trump\u2019s Big Beautiful bill was a win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eighty-three pro-life groups sent a Tuesday to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche urging him to settle the lawsuit in Louisiana v. FDA by entering into a consent decree returning to the pre-Biden safeguards.<\/p>\n

\u201cPro-life states cannot enforce their laws while an FDA regulation gives cover to mail-order abortionists and DOJ defends the profits of abortion drug manufacturers,\u201d said the letter. \u201cThe current regime undermines state laws, including basic protections against practicing medicine without a license, while shield-law abortionists ship drugs across state lines with impunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

They cited a McLaughlin & Associates poll showing 71% of likely voters favor requiring an in-person medical visit to receive a mifepristone prescription.<\/p>\n

Despite their disagreements with the Trump administration, abortion foes made a point to cheer Mr. Trump for his pro-life accomplishments, starting with his first-term appointments of the three Supreme Court justices who swung the majority in the 2022 Dobbs decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s done a lot of great things with the pro-life movement, from the appointment of judges, the speeches, all those types of things, and we applaud him,\u201d said Mr. Vander Plaats.<\/p>\n

He urged the president to \u201cgo to where the battle really is. And the battle really is right now with this abortion pill.\u201d<\/p>\n

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