Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued an early Wednesday morning press release announcing a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) for its deceptive messaging about the abortion pill Mifepristone.
Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his Office has filed a lawsuit against the national Planned Parenthood Federation of America for violating the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act. The suit alleges that Planned Parenthood has systematically misled women about the dangers of chemical abortions in order to cut costs and drive up revenue at the risk of women’s health and safety.
“The national Planned Parenthood organization is actively endangering the lives of women and girls across the country by spreading lies and disinformation about the powerful chemical abortion drug,” said Attorney General Bailey. “The facts are clear: more than 4.5 percent of women who take this dangerous drug end up in the emergency room, yet Planned Parenthood compares it to Tylenol. 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.”
Planned Parenthood’s false advertising has a national reach, including targeted claims against Missouri women. The organization uses its website to make dangerous claims, such as calling the chemical abortion drug mifepristone, “safer than many other medicines like penicillin, Tylenol, and Viagra,” despite FDA labeling and peer-reviewed studies showing serious adverse events in more than 4.5 percent of cases, with new research suggesting even higher rates, closer to more than 10 percent.
🚨BREAKING: I am launching a NEW lawsuit against Planned Parenthood Federation of America for their lies about dangerous chemicals that kill and maim.
— Attorney General Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) July 23, 2025
Planned Parenthood is saying that Mifepristone, the drug used to kill children in the womb, is safer than Tylenol. But these… pic.twitter.com/Bbzkju9T9R
Planned Parenthood is saying that Mifepristone, the drug used to kill children in the womb, is safer than Tylenol. But these drugs are sending women to the emergency room.
From lawsuits such as this, to abortion abolitionists and other pro-life lawmakers flooding the zone with state-level laws, the death by a thousand papercuts of PPFA continues apace. PPFA was rocked on its heels by the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022 and thankfully never recovered. They had their sights on a win by former VP Kamala Harris turning the tide, and poured $40 million into the 2024 election to defeat anti-abortion candidates. It was money wasted, yet they persisted, confident in their ability to hold on to federal funding and mine the frontier of "gender affirming care" to fill their coffers.
The SCOTUS decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic put a nail in that coffin. As RedState reported in late June, Congressional defunding of PPFA would only further precipitate their demise.
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Every private insurance provider in America does the exact same thing, and people manage. But these groups consider government funding their personal piggy bank. As RedState reported in March, ahead of the SCOTUS arguments, PPFA and its allies knew this would mean their gravy train days are over.
Now, here we are. So, Bailey working to disconnect PPFA's ability to peddle abortion pills for profit will mark their complete undoing, but the closure of clinics is a bellwether that the once vaunted organization is on life support. When the defunding of their apparatus is complete, it will be like pulling the plug.
Pro-Life activist and Catholic Bishop Joseph Strickland posted to X about the closure of a prominent Planned Parenthood facility in Tyler, TX.
What WAS Planned Parenthood, Tyler, Texas.
— Bishop J. Strickland (@BishStrickland) July 22, 2025
The sign on the door says “closed July 17, 2025”. Let us pray that these centers that promote death will continue to close across the country. Pray for all the pro life pregnancy centers that will be assisting mothers seeking help. pic.twitter.com/uSlQCutKe8
The website states that it is no longer offering in-person services as of July 17, but said appointments could be made for telemed services: consider that code for getting access to the abortion pill.
Despite Judge Indira Talwani's injunction trying to stop the bleeding, the defunding of PPFA in the reconciliation bill has had its intended chilling effect--and not just in red states like Texas. On July 17, PPFA announced two clinics in Ohio were shutting down.
As state and federal cuts to Medicaid resound across Ohio’s health care systems, Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio is on the frontlines of those affected.
Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio announced Thursday that it will close two of its four family planning clinics — one in Hamilton and one in Springfield. The closures are coming as soon as Aug. 1. These clinics offer services such as STI screenings, birth control consultation, cancer screenings and gender-affirming care. They don’t offer abortions.
According to the nonprofit's president and CEO, Nan Whaley, these clinics were selected for closure based on both overall volume and the number of Medicaid patients they see. The regional nonprofit attributes the closures to federal and statewide reductions in Medicaid coverage access and funding, which will result in less revenue.
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And earlier this year, PPFA made similar announcements of clinic closures in Pennsylvania. Even before the 2022 Dobbs decision, since 2010, thanks to pro-life activists and laws to protect life being passed, PPFA has lost 50 percent of its businesses in that state.
AG Bailey is continuing the attack, because the abortion pill is the latest and most insidious front to be taken. Bailey's lawsuit should be enjoined by other pro-life AGs.
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For the first time in decades, we also have a generation that no longer swallows the PPFA lies and deception wholesale. Thanks to Students for Life (SFLA) and other organizations on college campuses, pro-life group membership and advocacy have increased. SFLA activists protested in front of the Supreme Court on Friday because of Judge Talwani's actions.
Although SCOTUS is not currently in session, Students for Life of America, a leading pro-life advocacy group, still came out to protest in front of the Supreme Court building. They were protesting a Massachusetts judge’s temporary restraining order, which allows Planned Parenthood to continue receiving taxpayer funding for abortions. This action directly contradicts new legislation, which intentionally put an end to Medicaid-funded abortions.
President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill was signed into law on July 4. Among the many policies included in the bill, one removed Medicaid funding from abortion businesses for exactly one year.
The fact that a judge is trying to stop PPFA being defunded, even for just one year, is a reflection that their final demise is a hair's breadth away. AG Bailey's lawsuit is one of the many ways to ensure the death spiral finishes and that they never recover.
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