Pro-Life Senator Introduces Bill to Stop Abortion Pills, Save Babies
Senate Pro-Life Caucus Chair Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has reintroduced legislation aimed at rolling back Joe Biden’s Food and Drug Administration policies that expanded access to chemical abortion drugs, a move pro-life advocates say will protect unborn children and restore essential safety safeguards for women.
The Support and Value Expectant (SAVE) Moms and Babies Act seeks to reinstate longstanding in-person requirements for dispensing abortion pills such as mifepristone, prohibiting mail-order distribution and telemedicine prescriptions that became more permissive under prior federal changes.
“Today, I reintroduced the SAVE Moms and Babies Act to restore common-sense safety standards for abortion drugs and ensure real, in-person medical oversight,” Hyde-Smith said in a statement announcing the bill. “This legislation, and other pro-life policies like it, puts the health and well-being of mothers and their unborn babies first.”
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The bill would restore previous safeguards, including a requirement that the drugs be dispensed in person by a medical professional, addressing concerns over the risks of chemical abortions performed without direct medical supervision.
While those fall short of an outright ban on abortion pills, they would save thousands of babies from abortions.
Hyde-Smith, who chairs the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, highlighted the measure amid ongoing pro-life momentum following the recent March for Life. She described it as part of broader efforts to prioritize the protection of unborn life after the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Background data underscores the urgency for pro-life supporters: In 2023, an estimated 642,700 babies were killed with abortion pills, accounting for about 63 percent of all abortions in the United States, according to Guttmacher Institute figures cited by pro-life outlets.
Advocates argue that restricting chemical abortion access could prevent hundreds of thousands of such deaths annually.
The legislation has garnered support from fellow pro-life senators and aligns with calls to enforce measures that limit the spread of abortion pills, including through the mail. Hyde-Smith’s office emphasized that the bill focuses on protecting both mothers and unborn children by prioritizing medical oversight.
The SAVE Moms and Babies Act is one of several pro-life initiatives in the current Congress aimed at addressing chemical abortions, which have become a primary method since federal policy shifts expanded their availability. The bill’s reintroduction signals continued determination among congressional pro-life leaders to advance protections for preborn life at the federal level.
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