‘Abortion pill drug cartel’ syndicates are the subject of a new, groundbreaking report by American Life League (ALL), “Beneath the Surface: Exposing the Abortion Pill Drug Cartel.”
ALL’s report alleges that “Networks of abortion providers and volunteers are working as drug dealers via the Internet and US postal system and are illegally sending these pills to customers.”
Live Action News Reports
ALL’s report compiles much of what Live Action News has detailed before: that there are illegal abortion drug vigilante syndicates handling abortion pills or carrying pills across the U.S. border without concern from state or federal officials.
In January of 2023, Live Action News warned how illegal abortion pill ‘shadow networks’ were eyeing homes for sale to use as fake addresses when ordering abortion drugs by mail — and how they were recruiting “helpers” to “shepherd” their illegal abortion pill drug cartel networks.
In 2022, Live Action News warned of an abortion ‘underground’ emerging to dispense the deadly drugs. In May of 2023, we reported how these illegal abortion pill vigilante syndicates seem to have open access to mainstream journalists — including reporters at the Washington Post — who cover for their deeds.
And we exposed Las Libres syndicate, located in Mexico, alleged to be behind efforts to smuggle abortion drugs into the U.S. Then in August of 2023, we documented an unregulated abortion pipeline, which was storing abortion pills on a “ping-pong table” and shipping drugs from a makeshift home office in someone’s basement.
A public alert issued last year by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) warned that of “the fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills analyzed… six out of ten now contain a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl.” This is of concern, given the fact that abortion drugs (which are not controlled substances) are also flowing into the U.S. so recklessly.
Abortion Pill Drug Cartel
Describing a “network modeled after notorious drug cartels, fueling a mounting epidemic of unrestricted, self-administered abortions” ALL claimed these illegal syndicates are “rivaling America’s deadly drug crisis.” This is happening “especially in so-called ‘abortion-free’ states,” ALL noted, with networks “aim[ing] to groom vulnerable women on how to obtain these pills secretly.”
The report claimed that “ALL discovered that abortion pills are being trafficked through a network of volunteers who ship abortion pills in the mail discreetly and at no charge. These so-called ‘community networks’ currently ship abortion pills to 28 states and five US territories free of charge (with a suggested donation to the specific group mailing the pills),” adding, “These abortion pill volunteers serve as drug dealers, in collaboration with more ‘established’ abortion providers, as they deceive women into lying about their use of abortion pills.”
ALL noted that a New York Times article from 2023 confirmed that volunteers often “send the abortion pills from other countries, such as India and Mexico” easily — and this “has raised concerns from experts, who say that the pills can be less ‘effective’ due to heat and other damage.”
Describing the Mexican abortion pill drug cartel, ALL wrote: “Las Libres encourages women to lie to their doctors and hide their abortion if they are experiencing excessive bleeding and need medical attention.” This is in the group’s “Frequently Asked
Questions” website page (seen below):
Mexican abortion pill drug cartel Las Libres advises women lie to ER after taking abortion pill
Advising Minors
Live Action News has documented how virtual abortion pill dispensaries in the U.S. are shipping to minors, how an undercover video caught Planned Parenthood allegedly willing to assist a 13-year-old minor in crossing state lines to undergo an abortion without parental knowledge or consent.
And in August of 2023, Live Action News documented the trafficking of teens for abortion, and the funding of teen abortions by Jane’s Due Process, and support from other Big Abortion power players and their radical allies.
ALL discovered that the online group Plan C “was advising minors how to obtain abortion pills if they live in a state that requires parental consent before getting an abortion. On its “Frequently Asked Questions” page, Plan C gives minors instructions in case they “do not feel able to involve [their] parent(s) in [their] decision.”
PlanC advises minors on taking abortion pill
Unregulated Abortion Pill Vendors
“Online vendors are neither monitored nor approved by the US government and remain undisturbed,” the ALL report claimed.
According to the ALL report, Plan C confirms this, noting on its website, “Websites that sell pills are e-commerce websites that sell and ship pills to addresses in all US states. They do not require a prescription for the medications, do not require you to upload your ID, and do not provide a medical consultation or any kind of support.”
ALL found that the abortion pill websites “charge anywhere from $30–$500 for abortion pills and kits” even if a woman isn’t pregnant — “just in case.” This is known as “advance provision.” ALL noted that “Plan C also says that while they label these websites as legitimate, these websites ‘sell generic abortion pills that are not regulated or inspected by the US government.” How does Plan C know this? Apparently it “regularly tests these websites by buying pills from them.”
Plan C says, “The services we list in our guide all shipped pills to a home address. The pills were real (based on laboratory testing). But, we do not operate these sites, and cannot guarantee they will be reliable in the future.”
ALL warned:
This means that without identification and a prescription, anyone can order these pills from an online vendor to use themselves or on women who are pregnant. Because the abortion pills provided by online vendors are not inspected or approved by the FDA, no one can be certain what the pills contain, how they will affect the mother’s health, and where to even trace the origins of the abortion pills.
Coercion
“Between 2022 and 2024 alone, there have been several reports of men and women buying abortion pills online to intentionally cause an abortion for a pregnant woman without her consent and knowledge,” ALL wrote, listing the following examples:
A Texas man was sentenced to 180 days in jail for attempting to kill his preborn daughter seven times in 2022 by crushing misoprostol and adding it to his wife’s drinks. Thankfully the baby survived but has had several health complications since she was born 10 weeks premature.
In May 2023, a woman attempted to bribe her ex-boyfriend to kill his preborn child by giving his current and pregnant girlfriend an abortion pill without her knowledge. The father rejected this offer and turned the ex-girlfriend in to authorities instead. According to news reports, the ex-girlfriend admitted that “she got the pill from a virtual doctor online and knew it was an abortion pill.”
Another instance occurred when a Massachusetts man was accused in May 2024 of deceiving his pregnant girlfriend into taking “iron pills.” The pills turned out to be misoprostol, which killed their preborn child.
ALL noted that due to “easy accessiblity” to the pills from “illegal distributors,” abusers are finding it “simple… to kill preborn children and hurt their mothers.”
FDA’s Weak Response to Illegal Abortion Pills
ALL accurately claimed that the “FDA and US Postal Service are turning a blind eye toward” abortion pill drug cartels and is instead putting the onus on women, “recommend[ing] that women not order the abortion pills from non-FDA approved sources.”
“It’s clear that the FDA has dropped the ball on this. As the government agency charged with oversight of drugs coming into this country, they have failed. And where is the USPS? The post office is supposed to screen packages for illegal items, yet black market abortion drugs are being mailed into every state,” Katie Brown, American Life League National Director, stated in the ALL release.
Suggested Solutions
ALL suggested that Border Patrol should consider “bar[ring] unauthorized packages of pills from crossing the nation’s border,” since many times the pills are shipped in either unmarked or deliberately deceptive packaging. “If illegal shipment is addressed, we can potentially save women and babies from these harmful drugs,” ALL claimed.
ALL also recommended that the Department of Homeland Security “has a vested interest in shielding American citizens from dangerous materials that cross our nation’s borders” and should step up to do that very thing.
“The FDA and USPS should care enough to intervene in this illegal importing of the dangerous DIY abortion drugs,” Brown said.
