SFL’s Kristan Hawkins sends letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, launching new efforts to call for Comstock Act Enforcement & noting that debarring Planned Parenthood needs pursuit

“We’ve been more than patient, but no more. The Comstock Act — already law — says Chemical Abortion Pills can’t be mailed, and the word-games played by the Biden Administration to ignore that must end,” said SFLA President Kristan Hawkins. “Babies are dying and then are flushed away by the TONS. Meanwhile, abusers and sex traffickers LOVE death-by-mail. Women taking the pills late in pregnancy are facing life-threatening issues. And elected officials keep pretending that this level of destruction can be ignored. Attorney General Pam Bondi needs to enforce the law or step aside for someone who will.”

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WASHINGTON D.C. (03-30-2026) – Students for Life of America (SFLA) President Kristan Hawkins announced that a renewed effort to focus on the Comstock Act is launching, beginning with a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi at the Department of Justice (DOJ). “Ending this legal farce is in the control of the DOJ, as a memorandum opinion launched the wild, wild west of online Chemical Abortion Pill trafficking killing by the thousands today,” said Hawkins. During the Biden Administration, then Assistant Attorney General Christopher Schroeder wrote a memorandum for the U.S. Postal Service to justify ignoring the plain letter of the law. He penned that Chemical Abortion Pills could be sent because the sender would not know that the receiver “will use them unlawfully.” 

Learn more about the Comstock Act here:Don’t Be Misled: What You Need to Know About the Comstock Act

And here:Is the Biden Administration Setting up an Illegal Abortion Pill Drug Distribution Ring?

“Did Biden’s crack legal team believe that the pills would be used for arts and crafts? It’s a safe assumption that pills designed to disrupt and kill life in the womb would be used for that evil purpose,” Hawkins said. “No matter what was said in 2022, what we know today is that entire networks have been set up in Blue States and around the world for the purpose of violating the laws and ending lives in pro-life Red States. California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s profanity laced response to Louisiana’s Attorney General Liz Murrill is proof of the intent to violate the law. Shield laws shield criminal operations.”

In fact, Democrats have done a better job at noting the reality of the Comstock Act. In 2024, Hawkins noted: “Clearly the abortion lobby knows that they are breaking the law, when you consider that the Washington Post editorial board called for it to be repealed though such efforts ‘reinforce its validity.’ This public acknowledgment that a law is being broken came in the New York Times as well this week, when former Planned Parenthood executive, now U.S. Senator Tina Smith announced her plans to go after the Comstock Act in the days ahead. No one can claim ignorance of the law with such loud voices noting its reality.”

Regarding the current Trump Administration, Students for Life has flagged numerous missteps in recent months, as the DOJ dropped the ball again and again when it comes to defending LIFE in Law. 

For a few examples, read more here: Students for Life to the U.S. Department of Justice: Appeal Misleading Ruling in Chemical Abortion Pill Case

And here:The Trump Administration Tells Texas Court “Oops, I did it again” & Ask that Legal Action Begun by Florida & Texas against the FDA Pause Until They Get Their Act Together

“Students for Life was proud to stand with U.S. Rep. Mary Miller this month, to launch the federal ‘Clean Water for All Life Act,’ and we have been relentless in our calls to federal agencies to review Chemical Abortion Pills for the deadly harms caused by them. But today it’s the federal government that is ignoring a law designed to stop Chemical Abortion Pill trafficking through the mail, and so our call to the DOJ is to please engage,” said Hawkins. 

The letter to the DOJ reads as follows:

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For more on the Chemical Abortion Pill trafficking network read: Unmasking the Chemical Abortion Pill Cartel: Students for Life Takes on the Deep Web Abortion Operation 

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The Pro-Life Generation (PLG) is an umbrella organization encompassing the most-cutting edge engagement opportunities for a Vote Pro-Life First Community. PLG includes Students for Life Action (SFLAction), a 501c4, along with its 501c3 sister organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA), that together make up the nation’s largest, pro-life youth organization, managing a grassroots political and policy operation engaging Americans of all ages but with a special emphasis on the largest segment of voters — the Youth Vote. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, PLG/SFLA/SFLAction serves more than 1,400 groups on middle, high school, college, medical, and law school campuses in all 50 states. Our team has more conversations with this generation targeted by the abortion lobby than any other pro-life operation in the world, each week reaching more than 4 million across social media platforms and averaging 1.3 million video views. In addition to SFLA/SFLAction, PLG leads multiple initiatives to lead and serve  the future of the pro-life movement including the Campaign for Abortion Free Cities, Standing With You, and the Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement . Over more than 17 years, PLG CEO Kristan Hawkins has grown the operation into a nearly $20M organization, now preparing for an abortion-free America.