Madison, WI – Wisconsin Family Action (WFA) recently launched a grassroots effort calling on the Trump administration and members of Congress to end Joe Biden’s dangerous mail-order abortion scheme and restore the in-person doctor’s visit requirement that must be met before a woman can obtain chemical abortion drugs.
The abortion industry is shipping abortion pills into communities across Wisconsin and the country with no medical oversight. Lives are being lost and women are being harmed. Activists throughout Wisconsin have begun contacting the Trump administration and calling their members of Congress this week, demanding that federal officials reinstate the medical safeguards Biden stripped away. Learn more at abortioncrimebymail.com.
WFA President Daniel Degner states, “This is a women’s health issue. An in-person visit lets a doctor confirm how far along a pregnancy is and rules out pregnancy complications like ectopic pregnancy. It also ensures that women have not been coerced into taking abortion drugs.”
Two-Thirds of Americans Want the In-Person Requirement Restored
This call to action reflects broad public consensus. A recent Federalist poll found that 67% of likely voters supports reinstating the in-person doctor’s visit requirement for abortion pills—including 63% of Democrats and 72% of Republicans.
“Americans across the political spectrum agree that this is common sense. Two out of three voters believe women’s health and safety demands an in-person doctor visit to obtain chemical abortion drugs,” asserts Degner.
A Mail-Order Crime Scene
Advocates point to recent criminal cases showing what happens when abortion pills can be ordered online and shipped to any mailbox with no medical gatekeeper. In Texas, a man was indicted in 2026 on first-degree felony charges after prosecutors alleged he ordered an abortion drug online, crushed it into a drink, and gave it to his pregnant girlfriend without her knowledge, causing the death of her unborn child. In a separate Texas case, a man was charged with capital murder after authorities alleged he secretly added abortion-inducing pills to his pregnant girlfriend’s coffee, ending a pregnancy she had said she wanted to keep.
A Documented Health Threat to Women
Research warns that these drugs put women at risk for sepsis and hemorrhaging, dangers that an in-person exam is designed to catch. Degner adds, “About 150 women a day are being seriously harmed by chemical abortion drugs. A doctor needs to verify where a woman is in her pregnancy. We want to save women from being harmed, and we want to save their children.”
