(DCNF)—Readily available mail-order abortion pills have reportedly been used to trick women into ending the lives of their unborn children in multiple recent coercion cases, sparking concerns about forced abortions.
At least four alleged incidents of coerced abortions using the pill have already been reported across the country in 2025 alone, including cases in Texas, Illinois and Louisiana.
An Illinois man was charged Aug. 23 and charged with two counts of intentional homicide of an unborn child for giving mifepristone to his seven-week pregnant girlfriend without her knowledge, according to local reports.
Police reportedly found his girlfriend crying in a bathroom and with a fetus in the toilet, 25News Now reported. The man said he obtained the mifepristone from a “girl on campus” for $50 and claimed to believe his girlfriend knew he was giving her the pills.
Sarah Zagorski, senior director of public relations and communication at Americans United for Life, told the Daily Caller News Foundation her organization is “concerned about the growing number of forced abortions resulting from the FDA dangerously stripping commonsense safety measures from its approval of mifepristone.”
“Anyone, including abusers and predators can and have obtained these pills with nefarious intent,” she said. “States must pass laws similar to those in Louisiana, Texas and West Virginia that protect women and girls and instate penalties for abortion pill traffickers.”
In Texas, reports indicate there have been at least three women forced into abortions unknowingly, along with one pressured into taking the pills, since 2024.
A Texas woman alleged in a lawsuit filed Aug. 11 that a man killed her unborn child by secretly dissolving abortion pills into her hot chocolate. Aid Access, a popular online abortion pill provider that sent pills to the man, is named as a defendant in the case.
The lawsuit alleges Aid Access and its founder, Dr. Rebecca Gompert, along with the man, are “guilty of felony murder.”
Jerry Rodriguez, a father whose two unborn children were killed using abortion pills, sued the California doctor who prescribed the drugs in July. While the mother initially wanted to give birth to the babies, her husband, who she had been separated from for years, ordered abortion pills from Dr. Remy Coeytaux online and pressured her to take them, accordingto the lawsuit.
A federal Bureau of Prisons employee was arrested June in Texas for allegedly spiking his girlfriend’s drink with abortion drugs. A Texas attorney, Mason Herring, was sentenced in February 2024 to 180 days in jail after secretly giving abortion drugs to his pregnant wife, according to The New York Times.
“I believe this was a flagrant and profound injustice,” his wife, who believed the sentence was not enough, told the NYT.
Attorney General Ken Paxton sent cease-and-desist letters Aug. 20 to three entities shipping abortion drugs to Texas, including Aid Access and Coeytaux.
Paxton also sued in December 2024 a New York doctor who founded the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine, Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter, for shipping pills to Texas. Citing the state’s recently enacted shield law, a New York county clerk refused in March to enforce the $100,000 judgement against Carpenter, prompting Paxton to sue the clerk in July.
A Louisiana grand jury indicted Carpenter on Jan. 31 for sending pills to a mother who gave the drugs to her minor daughter, even though the teen did not want an abortion.
“The allegations in this case have nothing to do with reproductive health care,” Republican Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill told the NYT. “This is about coercion. This is about forcing somebody to have an abortion who didn’t want one.”
Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has vowed not to turn Carpenter over to Louisiana.
“No state, no matter how pro-life, is currently safe from a flood of unregulated mail-order abortion drugs,” Katie Daniel, director of legal affairs and policy counsel for Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said in a statement. “Blue-state ‘shield laws’ protect abortionists and activists who break the laws of other states – fueling domestic violence, putting women in the ER, taking the lives of their children against their will.”
Five online abortion providers supplied pills for “future use” without a doctor verifying key eligibility requirements during a DCNF investigation in June. At least one organization that supplied pills allegedly used to coerce a woman, Aid Access, also sent pills to the DCNF.
These kinds of cases have continued to arise across the country in recent years.
A nurse practitioner in Washington pleaded guilty in July after secretly giving abortion pills, which he had prescribed to himself, to his girlfriend, The News Tribune reported. His medical licenses were suspended in 2024 after he was charged.
In Massachusetts, a man who allegedly told his girlfriend abortion drugs were “iron pills or other vitamins” was chargedin May 2024.
In Florida, a woman was charged in 2023 for trying to get the mother of her ex-boyfriend’s unborn child to take the abortion pill, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office.
A Wisconsin man was sentenced to five years in prison in April 2022 for “Attempted First Degree Homicide of an Unborn Child” after he placed crushed mifepristone in his girlfriend’s water bottle.
One California man held his girlfriend at gunpoint in 2019 to force her to take pills that ended her pregnancy, per localnews reports. He was sentenced to a year in jail in 2022.
Some states have passed laws specifically targeting coercion. Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee signed a law in April that makes tricking someone into taking an abortion-inducing drug a felony.
The pill has also been used to force women into abortions outside of the U.S.
In the U.K., a man was convicted in October 2024 for spiking a woman’s orange juice with the abortion pill, according to local authorities. Another man was sentenced to 10 years in prison in July 2025 for secretly giving a woman the pill.
Of more than 200 women who reported abortions in a 2023 survey by the Charlotte Lozier Institute, one in four women described their abortions as “unwanted or coerced.”
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Why Bullion Beats Numismatics and Collectible for Your Safe or IRA
Precious metals continue to attract Americans seeking reliable ways to protect their wealth amid inflation, geopolitical risks, and stock market swings. Whether stored in a home safe or held inside a self-directed IRA, physical gold and silver deliver tangible value that paper or digital assets often lack. Yet investors must choose carefully between bullion—pure bars and coins valued mainly for their metal content—and numismatics or collectibles, where rarity, history, and collector demand heavily influence pricing.
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Numismatic coins and collectibles add substantial value from factors such as age, rarity, minting errors, or historical significance. A pre-1933 U.S. gold coin or graded proof piece can carry premiums of 30%, 50%, or even 200% above melt value. While this appeals to hobbyists, it creates complexity. Pricing depends on subjective grading, collector trends, and auction results instead of daily spot prices.
For investors focused on wealth preservation and retirement security rather than building a collection, bullion often delivers better results.
Lower Costs and Better Liquidity for Home Storage
When keeping metals in a home safe or private vault, liquidity and efficiency count. Bullion offers clear benefits:
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Stronger Fit for Precious Metals IRAs
Precious metals IRAs continue gaining traction as investors diversify retirement portfolios beyond stocks and bonds. IRS rules permit certain bullion products in self-directed IRAs if they meet purity standards (.995 fine for gold, .999 for silver) and are held by an approved custodian. Eligible items include American Gold and Silver Eagles plus many generic bars and rounds from recognized mints.
Numismatic and most collectible coins generally face heavy scrutiny from custodians due to valuation disputes and elevated markups. These higher premiums mean less actual metal ends up working inside the account.
Bullion avoids these issues. Its value links directly to verifiable spot prices, which simplifies reporting and lowers the risk of regulatory challenges. More of your IRA contribution purchases real metal instead of dealer profits or speculative upside. Over time, owning additional ounces that appreciate with the metal itself can create meaningful outperformance compared with high-premium alternatives that deliver fewer ounces.
Regulatory guidance from the CFTC and state securities offices repeatedly cautions against aggressive sales of expensive numismatics or “semi-numismatic” coins for IRAs. For retirement planning, transparent bullion from established providers reduces risk and aligns better with long-term goals.
How to Get Started with Bullion
Begin by clarifying your goals. Are you protecting savings in a safe, or moving part of a retirement account into a precious metals IRA? Focus on the number of ounces you can acquire at current prices rather than chasing marked-up collectibles.
Diversify sensibly: use gold for core preservation and silver for its blend of industrial and monetary qualities. Mix coins for easier divisibility with bars for lower per-ounce costs on larger buys. Arrange secure storage—whether at home with proper insurance or through professional facilities.
As economic uncertainties linger and faith in conventional assets erodes, bullion continues proving its worth as a dependable store of value. Its direct approach avoids the hype that sometimes surrounds collectible markets and keeps the focus on the metal itself.
For investors prepared to strengthen their portfolios, Advisor Bullion supplies the expertise and selection needed to acquire high-quality bullion efficiently. Whether building personal holdings or integrating metals into an IRA, their emphasis on transparent, investment-grade products helps secure more ounces today that support greater financial security tomorrow. In a complicated financial landscape, bullion’s clarity and reliability make it the smarter foundation for protecting what matters most.