The abortion giant has been promoting a drug that sends up to 1 in 10 women into medical crisis, all while comparing it to a common headache remedy. This is dangerous and deliberate deception — and Planned Parenthood is finally being held to account.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood Federation of America in a bold and necessary move to protect women and uphold truth. His charge argues that Planned Parenthood lies to women, and those lies are costing lives.
Bailey’s suit, filed under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, accuses the nation’s largest abortion provider of misleading Missouri women about the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone.
For decades, Planned Parenthood has marketed itself as a health care provider and a champion of women’s rights. But behind the pink logos and the slick messaging lies a profit-driven machine that has consistently downplayed the physical, emotional, and spiritual risks of abortion, including chemical abortion. Now, under legal scrutiny, that deception is receiving the pushback it deserves.
According to Bailey’s complaint, Planned Parenthood falsely equated Mifepristone to over-the-counter drugs like Tylenol, misleading women into believing that chemical abortion is a minor and routine procedure. In reality, the risks are anything but minimal.
“This is a blatant violation of Missouri law, and I will not allow a death factory to lie to Missouri women in pursuit of its radical agenda,” Bailey argued.
Recent research cited in the lawsuit indicates that more than 4.5 percent of women who take the abortion pill suffer serious adverse effects. Other studies suggests that the rate may be closer to 10 percent or even higher. One April study reported that nearly 11 percent of women experienced serious or life-threatening complications within just 45 days of taking the drug, over 20 times higher than what the FDA currently lists.
Planned Parenthood has been promoting a drug that sends up to one in 10 women into medical crisis, all while comparing it to a common headache remedy. This isn’t misinformation — it’s dangerous and deliberate deception.
Worse, Planned Parenthood allegedly encouraged women to hide their use of the abortion pill from emergency medical providers. In a crisis, a woman’s life may depend on doctors knowing exactly what drugs are in her system. To counsel silence in such moments is reckless and inexcusable.
“The lies must stop. We’re holding the national Planned Parenthood entity accountable for the lies it tells women in Missouri and across the nation,” Bailey stated in a press release. “No one is above the law, not even Planned Parenthood.”
Bailey’s lawsuit seeks $1.8 million in civil penalties, plus restitution of up to $1,000 for each Missouri woman who received the abortion pill over the last five years. He is also asking the court to prohibit Planned Parenthood from making false claims about the safety of abortion pills in the future, and to force the group to reimburse the state for taxpayer-funded medical treatment linked to chemical abortion complications.
But this case is about more than consumer fraud. It is about protecting the lives and dignity of women and their unborn children. Planned Parenthood’s messaging ignores the preborn child, the second patient in every abortion. The unborn cannot speak for themselves, so we must speak for them.
This moment in Missouri follows increasing government hostility toward pro-life organizations nationwide. In May 2024, for example, the Standing for Freedom Center reported on an effort by New York Attorney General Letitia James to silence pro-life pregnancy centers offering abortion pill reversal treatments. James falsely claimed that these centers were spreading “misinformation,” when in fact they were offering life-saving alternatives to women who had taken Mifepristone and changed their minds. Two different courts have since blocked her efforts.
Just to recap: In Missouri, a state official is rightly suing Planned Parenthood for endangering women with false claims about a deadly drug, while in New York, a state official is suing pro-life groups for offering help and hope to women trying to reverse their deadly decision. The contrast could not be more stark.
The common thread? The abortion lobby does not want women to have choices. It wants control. Its grip on the narrative is so tight that it will deceive women, obscure data, and attack those who offer alternatives.
Mifepristone, the first pill in a chemical abortion, works by cutting off the hormone progesterone, effectively starving the unborn baby of nutrients. The second drug, misoprostol, causes painful contractions that expel the dead child from the womb.
It is a cold, clinical process that often leaves women not just physically harmed but emotionally scarred from birthing a dead baby, often alone and unsupported. Planned Parenthood’s claim that this is comparable to taking a couple of Tylenol tablets is an insult to the intelligence and dignity of women.
Pro-life advocates have long warned that chemical abortion is the next frontier in the abortion industry’s mission to normalize and privatize the killing of the preborn. It’s cheaper, easier to distribute, and harder to regulate. That’s why holding organizations like Planned Parenthood accountable is so crucial.
Attorney General Bailey’s lawsuit should be a model for every pro-life state. It’s time to treat the abortion industry like any other entity that misleads consumers.
Planned Parenthood cannot be allowed to operate above the law. No business should profit from endangering lives and covering up the consequences. Women deserve to know the truth about the effect of these drugs on their bodies and their babies. They deserve protection from those who would tell them otherwise.
The pro-life movement is not just about stopping abortion. It’s also about defending truth, demanding accountability, and offering real help to women. That includes ensuring the abortion industry can no longer deceive women about the risks they face.
Attorney General Bailey is taking a stand. It’s time that others follow his lead. The truth must rise.
Let us pray that Missouri’s lawsuit is the beginning of the end for abortion extremism disguised as health care. It’s not compassion to tell a woman a lie. It’s not freedom to push her toward a decision that leaves her physically and emotionally broken. It’s time to restore justice for both women and the preborn.
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