A left-wing organization that helps Americans in pro-life states order abortion drugs to their doorsteps in under a minute is now the target of a criminal referral to the Department of Justice.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a letter Monday to Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche urging a formal criminal investigation into Plan C, an operation Hawley describes as “the referral and logistics hub for shipping abortion drugs into states whose laws prohibit it.”
More than a dozen states have banned mifepristone for chemical abortions. Plan C, according to Hawley, openly flouts those laws by advertising the shipment of the dangerous abortion drug directly to women in states where it’s illegal.
“At the center of the effort is an entity called Plan C, a left-wing dark-money operation that styles itself a ‘public health information campaign’ but functions, in practice, as the referral and logistics hub for shipping abortion drugs into states whose laws prohibit it,” Hawley wrote.
The operation doesn’t just connect women with abortion pills. It actively helps users circumvent medical consultations, ID requirements, and even parental consent laws for minors. As Federalist contributor Jordan Butler previously documented, the site advises users to skip medical providers entirely and obtain pills from “community members.”
“Are you a minor? Despite the ‘legal risks,’ they still provide drugs for children without parental consent,” Butler reported.
Hawley isn’t stopping at Plan C. His referral names major pharmaceutical companies as potential co-conspirators in the illegal distribution network. “Danco Laboratories, a large and wildly profitable manufacturer of mifepristone, lists Plan C among the patient resources on its own website, steering prospective customers to an organization that instructs Americans on how to break the law,” Hawley warned. He added that GenBioPro, the generic manufacturer, “maintains a similar referral relationship with Plan C.”
The DOJ, Hawley argued, is “well positioned to determine the full extent of these relationships, including any financial ties” and must examine them with “the closest scrutiny.”
Shortly after sending the letter, Hawley announced he had a “great meeting” with Blanche “on the criminal activities of the Soros-funded dark money groups and abortion pharma companies illegally pumping abortion drugs into Missouri and other states.”
“Look forward to DOJ’s work,” Hawley wrote.
The referral comes amid growing concern over the dangers of mail-order chemical abortions. A majority of abortions, 70 percent, are already believed to be unwanted, coerced, or inconsistent with the mother’s values and desires. One recent study suggests women who initiate chemical abortions with mifepristone don’t feel fully informed about the physical, mental, and emotional effects linked to the procedure.
Hawley has also introduced legislation to ban mifepristone and give survivors a legal remedy against foreign abortion pill makers. But enforcement, he argues, requires the Justice Department to step in.
