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Mifepristone Misuse Leads to Sentences, Indictments, Mail-Order Surge

6/8/2026

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Mason Herring got an eight-year sentence in 2024 for spiking mifepristone.
Justin Anthony Banta allegedly gave his girlfriend mifepristone in cookies, causing miscarriage.
Hassan-James Abbas was indicted in December for forcibly administering abortion pills.
Attorney Mike Seibel says the FDA’s 2023 removal of in-person dispensing for mifepristone violates the law.
The Charlotte Lozier Institute reports mail-order drugs made up 27% of 2025 abortions, about 732,000.

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Story summary

Mason Herring got an eight-year sentence in 2024 for spiking mifepristone.
Justin Anthony Banta allegedly gave his girlfriend mifepristone in cookies, causing miscarriage.
Hassan-James Abbas was indicted in December for forcibly administering abortion pills.
Attorney Mike Seibel says the FDA’s 2023 removal of in-person dispensing for mifepristone violates the law.
The Charlotte Lozier Institute reports mail-order drugs made up 27% of 2025 abortions, about 732,000.