Arkansas AG issues cease-and-desist letters related to abortion pills

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has issued cease-and-desist letters to multiple entities shipping abortion pills or advertising abortion pills to be shipped into the state.

Key Takeaways:

• Arkansas AG Tim Griffin has warned four businesses — Possibility Labs, Mayday Medicines, Dreamscape International, and Cloudflare — that they have been found to be in violation of state law regarding the advertising of abortion pills.

• Griffin says the entities may be violating Arkansas' deceptive trade practices law for claims regarding the safety of the abortion pill.

• Various abortion pill-related groups have been using pro-abortion state shield laws to mail abortion pills into states where abortion is restricted.

• Federal Comstock laws which restrict the mailing of abortion drugs remain unenforced.

The Details:

"In the letters, [Griffin] said website language that said abortion pills are safe 'may constitute' deceptive advertising under state law, citing studies that argue that mifepristone, a drug used in medication-induced abortions, is unsafe," reported the South Carolina Daily Gazette. "If the entities don’t cease advertising abortion pills in Arkansas, Griffin said his office may bring a lawsuit against them for violating the state’s deceptive trade practices law."

The businesses

The Arkansas AG's latest round of cease-and-desist letters (July of 2025) were issued to the following entities::

Possibility Labs: This San Francisco-based business appears to host Plan C's abortion referral website.

"Recently, the OAG received information that Plan C, which is a project of Possibility Labs, is advertising that certain medical pills that induce abortions may be obtained in all States, including Arkansas. The OAG independently reviewed Plan C’s website and verified this allegation," the letter from Arkansas stated.

"Furthermore, Plan C’s website states that '[a]bortion pills are very safe,'" the letter claimed.

The AG cited “real-world insurance claims data for 865,727 prescribed mifepristone abortions” which reportedly shows “a serious adverse event rate of 10.93 percent.” This is gleaned from a recent analysis published by the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), which estimated that the abortion pill's serious adverse events rate is 22 times higher than the FDA’s currently listed rate for the drug — with nearly 11% of women suffering such complications.

"Based on this information, it appears that some of your business practices may constitute false, deceptive, and unconscionable trade practices under the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, Ark," the letter warned.

A separate letter was also issued to Plan C by the Texas Attorney General last week.

Mayday Medicines (dba Mayday Health): A New York-based business, the Arkansas AG claims that "Recently, the OAG received information that Mayday Medicines Inc. d/b/a Mayday Health is advertising that certain medical pills that induce abortions may be obtained in all States, including Arkansas. The OAG independently reviewed Mayday’s website and verified this allegation," the Arkansas AG's letter reads in part.

"Furthermore, Mayday’s website states that '[a]bortion pills are safe and effective.'" That letter also cites the aforementioned EPPC analysis as well as the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

Dreamscape International: The Arkansas AG's letter claimed that "Dreamscape Networks International," located in Singapore, "is the registrant of the domain LifeOnEasyPills.org, a website that facilitates the sale of medical pills that induce abortions to consumers in Arkansas. The OAG independently reviewed this website and verified the allegation," the letter read. "Furthermore, LifeEasyOnPills.org states that these abortion pills, 'can safely be used for up to 8 weeks.'” The letter also cited the EPPC analysis and the state's deceptive marketing statutes.

Cloudflare: This San Francisco business was cited in the letter as "hosting LifeEasyOnPills.org, a website that facilitates the sale of medical pills that induce abortions to consumers in Arkansas. The OAG independently reviewed this website and verified the allegation," the Arkansas AG's letter read, again citing the deceptive marketing statute and EPPC analysis.

Previously cited businesses 

In 2024, Griffin issued a cease-and-desist order to Choices Women’s Medical Center, Inc., an abortion facility in Queens, New York, as well as a the virtual abortion pill dispensary Aid Access. That letter accused Aid Access of “(1) advertising that abortion-inducing medical pills may legally be obtained in Arkansas, and (2) selling such pills to women within Arkansas."

However, while Choices appears to have complied with the order, Aid Access has continued to mail abortion pills across the U.S., even in defiance of an Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cease-and-desist order issued in 2019.

Until recently, Aid Access’ abortion pills were likely shipped into the United Stated through India without FDA approval. Yet, currently, Aid Access recently acknowledged it is using U.S. abortion providers — and "leveraging" state shield laws — to protect itself while it profits from mailing abortion pills into pro-life states where abortion is illegal.

Recently, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed against Aid Access, its founder Rebecca Gomperts, and a man accused of the forced chemical abortion that killed the child of a Texas woman against her will.

The Big Problem:

In an effort to protect abortion providers from prosecution after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, pro-abortion states passed a litany of pro-abortion shield laws to thwart criminal or civil charges against abortionists filed by those in other states. This does not protect women and teens; it protects Big Abortion.

In response, AGs from several states sent a letter to Congress urging lawmakers to take preemptive action against states that pass “shield laws” and protect law-breaking abortionists.

“These laws are blatant attempts to interfere with states’ ability to enforce criminal laws within their borders and disrupt our constitutional structure,” the letter, signed by Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, stated.

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During a news conference in Little Rock, "Griffin compared shield laws to sanctuary laws for those living in the U.S. illegally, saying they protect those who flout Arkansas’ outright abortion ban from being extradited to face criminal charges or to impose liability," the South Carolina Daily Gazette reported.

The letter to Congress noted, "Shield laws also raise serious constitutional concerns. For example, they violate the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution because they do not give 'full faith and credit' to the judicial proceedings occurring in other States."

The Big Picture:

Arkansas' AG is not alone.

Last week, Texas Attor­ney General Ken Paxton’s office issued cease-and-desist letters to three “radical organizations,” demanding an “immediate end to the unlawful advertising, sale, and shipment of abortion-inducing drugs into the State of Texas.”  Those letters, dated August 14, 2025, were addressed to Jill Smith at Plan C, Debra A. Lynch at Her Safe Harbor, and "integrative medicine" physician Remy Coeytaux.

The letters noted that the federal “Comstock Act of 1873 prohibits the carriage in interstate commerce of ‘any drug, medicine, article, or thing designed, adapted or intended for producing abortion.’ 18 U.S.C. § 1462. Similarly, it prohibits the mailing of any ‘article, instrument, substance, drug, medicine, or thing which is advertised or described in a manner calculated to lead another to use or apply it for producing abortion.’”

At least two U.S. Supreme Court Justices previously hinted that the Comstock Act could be in play during oral arguments in the AHM v. FDA lawsuit.

However, it is still happening, with the law remaining unenforced, as abortion providers in multiple states are admittedly shipping abortion drugs “unlawfully” into states that prohibit them or restrict telehealth dispensing, often under the cover of pro-abortion "shield laws."

In addition:

• Lawmakers and attorneys general are calling for the FDA to reign in mail-order abortion.

• An abortion pill lawsuit filed by three states in State of Missouri; State of Kansas; State of Idaho v. FDA, argued that their “sovereign” interest in “protecting… citizens” was violated by the FDA decision to allow mail-order abortion pill dispensing.

• Aid Access was recently named in a wrongful death lawsuit for the forced chemical abortion that killed the child of a Texas woman against her will.

• A Texas man filed a federal lawsuit against a California abortionist for mailing abortion pills to someone who coerced his girlfriend to abort his children, potentially testing shield law provisions of the state.

• The State of Texas indicted abortionist Mary Carpenter for mailing the abortion pill to a Louisiana mother who allegedly coerced her minor daughter into an abortion and for also prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine.

• Both Texas and Arkansas have previously sent cease-and-desist orders to organizations defying state and federal law.

The Bottom Line:

Griffin reminded the most recent recipients of his warning letters that "Abortions are prohibited in Arkansas pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 20-16-1304, et seq. except for specific, extenuating circumstances, and that it is a crime "to provide any abortion-inducing drug via courier, delivery, or mail service," which means that "abortion pills may not legally be shipped to Arkansas.

He warned that failure to comply would result in "a formal investigation" and a possible "lawsuit against you for violations of the ADTPA. If successful, you may face civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation."

The businesses have 14 days to respond.