A group of 17 Senate Democrats sent a series of letters March 13 to major pharmacy chains, seeking to pressure them to sell the abortion pill mifepristone.
Letters to Albertsons, Costco, Kroger and Walmart expressed “great frustration” that those companies had not yet indicated whether they would offer the pill. “We urge you to pursue policies that provide the strongest possible access to the full range of essential health care they need, including mifepristone,” the letters stated.
Another letter went to Walgreens, which earlier announced that in response to threatened lawsuits by attorneys general in 20 states, the chain would not make the pill available to people in those states.
Ironically, the senators criticized Walgreens for caving to that pressure while clearly hoping that Walgreens would bow to the senators’ own pressure:
“While we are well aware of threatening letters you received with regard to the distribution of mifepristone in certain states, the response to those pressures was unacceptable and appeared to yield to these threats,” the letter said, again referring to the pill as “essential health care” and adding, “At a time of great confusion about abortion access, your company has done the disservice of adding to it.”
Liberals continue to claim that the drug is “safe and effective,” ignoring the warnings of pro-life physicians such as Dr. Ingrid Skop, director of medical affairs at the Charlotte Lozier Institute.
“I’ve performed at least a dozen surgeries on women who experienced complications when the abortion pill regimen failed, including one emergency surgery just last month,” Skop said in February. “I’ve cared for women who took mifepristone and misoprostol to induce an abortion and required blood transfusions or treatment for severe infections.
“Planned Parenthood and the FDA turn a blind eye to what happens in the real world when these dangerous drugs are given to women with little or no supervision. Typically, the abortionist isn’t providing follow-up care. Instead, these women are ending up in already over-worked emergency rooms with complications that the FDA doesn’t even bother to track.
“The dangers of the abortion pill regimen are readily apparent to anyone who cares to truly look.”
Writing at Washington Stand, Joy Stockbauer commented:
“It is beyond disturbing that Senate Democrats would harshly intimidate and bully private corporations to involve themselves in the unprecedented legal minefield surrounding abortion in America today. These senators are actively encouraging pharmacies to engage in legal and public relations nightmares, in direct violation of state and federal laws about which they have already received warnings.
“Walgreens is likewise facing harassment from California Governor Gavin Newsom (D), who has severed his state’s ties with the company for agreeing to comply with the law in states where the illegality of selling chemical abortion drugs would be enforced.”
HD Editor’s Note: Why Is This News Biblically Relevant?
The Bible is not ambiguous on the issue of abortion. Scripture makes it clear that there is precious life in the womb, and it is murder to snuff that life out.
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association on the issue of Abortion writes:
Throughout God’s Word, it’s clear that human life is precious to Him. More than ever, we need Biblical answers to questions regarding abortion and the sanctity of life.
Billy Graham once said, “I know it’s common today to think of abortion as a simple answer to an inconvenient problem—but it is actually a far more serious issue. Your child isn’t simply a mass of tissue; he or she is a human being in God’s eyes.”
The Bible is also not open to interpretation on issues such as euthanasia, homosexuality, and other important topics. As history should remind us, unspeakable evils swiftly amass in societies with silent pulpits and indifferent believers.
Ken Ham, reporting on the rising acceptance of abortion worldwide, explained that as “our culture fights for the right to end lives,” it is the duty of the people of God to “stand on the authority of his Word” and stand for the sanctity of life.
