Since the Dobbs decision rightfully returned abortion policy to the states, the radical Left has waged a quiet war against the democratic outcomes they didn’t like. Forget lobbying. Forget petitioning. Pro-abortion organizations have chosen a different path – deliberate, systematic circumvention of state law. They don’t want to change the rules. They want to pretend the rules don’t exist.
And they’re getting more brazen about it. These groups operate from coastal strongholds, funded and led by former Democratic operatives who treat conservative states like mission fields for their ideology. They pour money into campaigns designed to undermine laws that millions of Americans voted for through their elected representatives. Until the consequences actually sting, they have zero incentive to stop.
From the Daily Wire:
Kentucky Republican Attorney General Russell Coleman sued a radical Left-wing organization that pushes abortion pills to women in states where the deadly drugs are banned.
The civil lawsuit accuses New York-based Mayday Health, founded by a former Biden official, of violating Kentucky consumer protection laws by promoting access to abortion pills that state law prohibits from being mailed or delivered into the Bluegrass State.
A banner over the Bluegrass
Here’s what that looked like in practice. Last weekend, Mayday Health chartered a plane to fly over the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville dragging a banner that read “ABORTION PILLS BY MAIL.” Families. Grandparents. Kids eating funnel cake. That was the audience – and it was intentional. Mayday’s own executive director, Leo Raisner, admitted he picked the state fair specifically for its massive crowd.
This wasn’t some spontaneous act of protest, either. AG Coleman’s office had been investigating Mayday since January, when the organization plastered ads at gas stations across Christian, Simpson, and Logan counties. Those read: “Pregnant? Don’t want to be? Learn more at Mayday Health.” The airplane stunt was simply the loudest escalation in a months-long campaign.
“These out-of-state activists are not only breaking Kentucky law, they seem to delight in rubbing our faces in it,” Coleman said. “The State Fair is a beloved Kentucky tradition for families and children to celebrate our Commonwealth. We refuse to allow Mayday to taint our values and put our people at risk.”
Hard to argue with that.
A former Biden official’s handiwork
The man running Mayday Health didn’t wander into abortion activism from nowhere. Leo Raisner served as traveling content director for President Biden’s Office of Digital Strategy. So he went from crafting messaging inside the White House to running a New York-based outfit that funnels Kentucky women toward providers who illegally ship abortion drugs into the Commonwealth. Quite the career pivot.
Mayday insists it merely shares “constitutionally protected information.” The lawsuit tells a different story entirely. Coleman’s complaint states that Mayday’s website “facilitates, encourages and is even integral to the distribution of abortion-inducing drugs into Kentucky through the mail.” The site connects women to specific providers, walks them through telehealth appointments, and – this is a nice touch – coaches them on scrubbing their digital footprints. That’s not public education. That’s an instruction manual for committing a felony.
Oh, and Mayday’s website also promotes organizations facilitating so-called “gender-affirming care.” Because of course it does. The ideological agenda runs deep with these people.
A civil suit won’t cut it
Credit where it’s due: Attorney General Coleman acted decisively. His lawsuit seeks a permanent injunction blocking Mayday’s promotions in Kentucky, plus financial penalties. It’s a welcome move. A necessary one.
But it shouldn’t be the last one. Kentucky’s General Assembly classified the mailing or delivery of abortion-inducing drugs as a Class D felony back in 2022. Coleman’s own complaint acknowledges Mayday’s operation is “integral to” the criminal distribution of those drugs. If that language means anything – and it should – then criminal charges need to follow.
Civil fines are a budget line for well-funded activist organizations propped up by the progressive donor class. A financial penalty won’t stop a group that charters airplanes to taunt an entire state. An indictment would.
Kentucky Right to Life executive director Addia Wuchner nailed it: “Kentuckians deserve better than out-of-state activists pushing dangerous abortion drugs into our Commonwealth.”
She’s absolutely right. The people of Kentucky spoke through their legislature. They chose to protect life, and that choice was enshrined in law – not as a suggestion, but as a felony statute with real teeth. Now those teeth need to bite. State sovereignty over abortion means precisely nothing if groups like Mayday Health can waltz in from Manhattan, mock your traditions, facilitate lawbreaking, and walk away with nothing more than a court date in a civil docket. Prosecute them.
Key Takeaways
- Kentucky’s AG sued a New York-based abortion group for illegally promoting mail-order abortion pills.
- Mayday Health’s founder is a former Biden White House official pushing a radical agenda into red states.
- Facilitating a Class D felony demands criminal prosecution, not just civil penalties.
- State sovereignty over abortion law means nothing without aggressive enforcement.
Sources: Daily Wire, The Courier-Journal
