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Forty pastors and regional leaders within the Southern Baptist Convention have signed a letter calling on the Trump administration to crack down on individuals who mail abortion pills to states that have abortion restrictions in place.

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In a letter sent to President Donald Trump on Monday, the group of leaders from over 20 states asked the commander-in-chief “to stop the mail-order distribution of the abortion drug mifepristone,” the first drug in the chemical abortion regimen, “which now accounts for more than 60 percent of all U.S. abortions.”

“Shield laws in pro-abortion states now protect providers who illegally ship mifepristone into prolife states, in direct violation of federal law,” read the letter.

“The case of abortionist Margaret Carpenter, who shipped abortion pills to Louisiana and Texas, illustrates this growing threat. Yet governors like New York’s Kathy Hochul refuse extradition and enact new laws to further shield violators.”

The signatories urge Trump to restore the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s protocols for mifepristone, which were loosened during the Biden administration to allow the distribution of the pills via mail. The letter also urges Trump to direct the FDA to reassess approval of the drug and order the U.S. Department of Justice “to enforce the Comstock Act to protect states’ rights to uphold pro-life laws.”

“Women, unborn children, and the rule of law urgently need your leadership,” the letter concluded.

The letter was spearheaded by Tony Perkins, president of the Washington-based Christian conservative advocacy organization the Family Research Council.

Perkins, a Southern Baptist pastor, told The Christian Post on Wednesday that this is “an issue we’ve worked on,” especially over the past couple of months.

“I’ve been talking about it with pastors,” explained Perkins. “We drafted the letter for the pastors to take a look at, they agreed to it, and so that’s how it came about.”

Perkins said FRC has done “a lot of work with pastors,” including on the issue of abortion. The organization has longstanding relationships with SBC clergy, leading to many signing the letter.

At June’s SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas, messengers voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution calling for a ban on abortion pills.

“This was just really following up as an action item to that resolution,” Perkins said. “This did not officially come from the Southern Baptist Convention hierarchy, but just working with those Southern Baptist pastors.”

Perkins said there will be additional letters on the issue coming soon that will be signed by clergy from various denominations.

Although credited with appointing justices who voted to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 2022 and passing a law defunding the nation’s largest abortion provider, Trump has suggested that he might not push for limits on abortion pills.

In May, the Trump administration was continuing to defend from litigation a Biden administration rule allowing for telehealth access to abortion pills, The Associated Press reported. Last year, Trump stated that he had no plans to federally restrict access to medications like mifepristone.

“If the president wants to be consistent with the statements he’s made” regarding the right of states to ban abortion in nearly all circumstances, “then the FDA needs to change its policy and the DOJ needs to enforce Comstock,” Perkins said.

“You can’t have both. You can’t respect the right of states to protect the unborn, and allow abortion pills to be mailed into those states. Those are mutually exclusive.”

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This article was originally published at The Christian Post. Photo Credit: Liudmila Chernetska/Getty Images via Canva Teams.

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Veronica DENNIS
August 4, 2025

We stand on Exoudus 23:6 foa America. America will free from Abortion!!

Susan CC
August 2, 2025

We are in a battle for our very lives, literally. Paul said, “by the right to be proud, which the Messiah Yeshua our Lord gives me, I solemnly tell you that I die every day.” And he was willing to because Paul KNEW the LORD has absolute victory over death and the grave. Fear the death to come, the death that is reserved for “the cowardly, the untrustworthy, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those involved with the occult and with drugs, idol-worshippers, and all liars — their destiny is the lake burning with fire and sulfur, the second death.” 1 Corinthians 15:31, Revelation 21:7-9

Abby Johnson is an American anti-abortion activist who previously worked at Planned Parenthood as a clinic director, but resigned in October 2009.

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Dear Father, Son and Holy Spirit You are the Eternal One the Giver of All Life. I believe the murder of the innocent has grieved You forever and I am so thankful You love our prayers for these little ones. Today, I pray You will bring them an unequivocal victory, one that surpasses anything we have ever seen, something miraculous. I know not to direct You in prayer because You ALWAYS exceed them and in the most extraordinary ways. Mifepristone is not medicine. Abortion is not healthcare. Planned Parenthood is not for mothers. Please allow all who support death to see as You see…. like you did for Abby Johnson who is now an ardent supporter of life. Please refuse to allow death during abortions, like You did during so many abortion procedures… declare LIFE for all the unborn who are now in danger. I looked for adult abortion survivors and found pages! Do it again and again and again. Your Word says, “Above all else, watch over your heart; diligently guard it because from a sincere and pure heart come the good and noble things of life.” Change the hearts of all LORD, from Donald Trump to unwilling mothers. And as for the Pharma industry and all others dispensing death, have Your Mighty Way. Because You told me I cannot ask too much of You but I can believe too little, I ask this and so much more in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen

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Rose
August 1, 2025

Father, I is time for all Christian pastors to stand for life, Warn their congregations. Be vocal for the sake of the unborn. In Jesus’ name.

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Darlene Estlow
August 1, 2025

Father, open President Trump’s eyes to the travesty of the abortion pills. Give him ears to hear and eyes to see and a mind that understands the devastation of women’s lives who consume these pills. May truth come out and our president abide by your truth. I pray Secretary RFK would change the FDA’s statement about these pills. We look to you to change hearts and minds that think these pills are ok and that we shouldn’t protect these unborn children. Change our hearts, Father. We praise your name for you are sovereign and we know you hear our prayers.

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