West Virginia Senate Passes Bill to Stop Mail-Order Abortions
Students for Life Action (SFLAction) President Kristan Hawkins applauded the recent roll call vote on the SFLAction-inspired “Anti-
Senators passed the “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act” by a vote of 31-1. “Innovation at the state level proves that elections matter, and we applaud those legislators who prioritized protecting women from abusers and injury, and we ask the state house to do the same. We will be educating voters about how their leaders did in protecting Life, as Chemical Abortion Pills are the number one method of death by intentional abortion,” said Hawkins.
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SFLAction was heavily involved in the introduction and support of the “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act,” introduced by Sen. Chris Rose. Students for Life of America (SFLA) West Virginia State Captain Thomas Dinkel testified at both committee hearings, and Hawkins testified at a second committee hearing.
The Youth Vote supports this type of legislation in a January 2026 Students for Life of America’s Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement poll released and conducted by Survey USA, with 94% of youth voters saying a federal review of Chemical Abortion Pill policy was important, 94% supporting Abortion Water Pollution testing, and half saying they would support in-person dispensing requirements for Chemical Abortion Pills to protect women from abuse. Only 27% oppose in-person dispensing requirements.
If passed, here’s what the “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act” will do in West Virginia:
- Prohibit mailing, shipping, or prescribing abortifacients, including from out-of-state sources.
- Enforce felony charges punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment or damages of $10,000 for each abortion that the person or entity knowingly and willfully performed or
attempted to perform on a woman.
- Reinforce state sovereignty over medical regulation.
- Provide remedies including injunctive relief in damages per violation with no legal cap on rewards received and recovery of court costs and attorney’s fees. The bill excludes convicted abusers, traffickers, and rapists from bringing such civil actions.
- Allow civil actions to be filed up to three years after the cause of action or one year after any legal stay is lifted.
SFLAction has been extremely active in West Virginia throughout the past several years, educating voters and engaging lawmakers. During this past legislative session:
- SFLA/SFLAction President
Kristan Hawkins testified in favor of SB 85, the “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act.”
- SB 85 “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act” (Senate), sponsored by Pro-Life Champion Sen. Patricia Rucker, passed in the Senate by a 28-5 vote.
- HB 2461 “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act” (House) was introduced.
- SFLA/SFLAction student group visited West Virginia Senator Shelly Capito to support federal efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and other abortion vendors.
- West Virginia Watch took notice when Kristan Hawkins testified that the “Unborn Child Protection Act” in the Mountain State would make it easier to charge physicians and entities that send abortion medication to states where the procedure is not legal.
- Kristan Hawkins and WV State Senator Patricia Rucker held a townhall — The Mountain State Trailblazed a New Frontier With Pro-Life Anti-Trafficking Efforts.
SFLAction supported the pro-life vote for the “Abortion-Inducing Drugs Act” as part of the broader Make America Pro-Life Again Roadmap launched last November as a legal and legislative strategy to take down abortion at the state and federal level built upon the Gonzales v. Carhart case.
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