Mail Order Abortion Pills: Why 1 in 25 Women End Up in the ER | The Riley Gaines Show

The Riley Gaines Show

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🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Erin Hawley joins Riley Gaines to explain the ongoing legal and cultural battle over abortion pills, the FDA, mail-order abortion drugs, and what the pro-life movement should be watching next. Hawley discusses the Alliance Defending Freedom case, state efforts to protect life, conscience protections for doctors, and why she believes women deserve real support beyond abortion access. Riley and Erin also talk about motherhood, faith, family, surrogacy concerns, pregnancy care centers, and how young women can think about marriage, children, and career without fear or cultural pressure. This conversation covers law, faith, culture, and the future of the pro-life movement in America. Subscribe for conversations on faith, family, women’s rights, culture, and the issues shaping America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.7	What happens when a yell educated lawyer, a mom of three, a wife of a U.S. Senator, takes on the
0:39.8	FDA over the abortion pill that's now used in the majority of abortions? And could those little
0:45.1	blue pills be quietly affecting something as fundamental as our drinking water? Listen here.
0:51.8	Well, Erin, thank you so much for joining the Riley Gaines show.
0:55.5	I'm super excited to kind of get the latest update on where we are regarding the pro-life movement.
1:00.5	But before we get into that, I was doing some research on you.
1:04.1	I think a lot of people know who your husband is and maybe a little bit of background on you,
1:08.3	but I found out a lot.
1:09.2	I found out that you grew up on a cattle ranch in rural New Mexico. You've clerked for Chief Justice's. I believe Chief
1:15.9	Justice John Roberts. Of course, you've been before the Supreme Court. Can you kind of give us a little
1:21.1	background on ultimately what shaped your path to where you are now? Sure. So it really is one of those
1:27.1	things, sort of an only God could do this type of story. I grew up on a ranch in the middle of nowhere in New Mexico. The nearest grocery store was literally an hour, which meant we didn't get ice cream very often, which was very sad. But it was a wonderful experience. I did 4-age and FFA. As a youngster, I wanted to be a veterinarian because that's what my mom,
1:46.8	who was an amazing person, had always wanted to be. So I learned from a very young age,
1:52.3	sort of the value of self-reliance, but even more than that value of self-reliance,
1:57.4	the value of relying ultimately on Jesus. And that's who is our author and perfector.
2:02.6	Our salvation comes from him.
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