Abortion and Reproductive Health

Abortion medication

27 public statements from 2026 candidates

§1The range of views

Why this matters: These rules shape how people get abortions, including people who live in states with limits.

Drafted by AI, then checked for neutral wording in a separate AI review. It describes the question and the main positions, not any candidate's view. Facts link to their sources.

The rules for mifepristone, a pill the FDA has approved for ending pregnancies through 10 weeks, including whether it can be prescribed through telehealth and sent by mail, which FDA rules have allowed since 2023; in 2026 the Supreme Court paused, while Louisiana's challenge goes on, a lower-court order that had suspended those rules, and the FDA said it is studying the pill's safety before deciding whether to change them.1,2,3

  1. Withdraw the FDA's approval of the pill
  2. Allow it only in person, with no prescriptions by telehealth or mail
  3. Keep current FDA rules, which allow prescriptions by telehealth and mail
  4. Allow it by telehealth and mail, with state laws that block other states' legal action against doctors who send it (shield laws)

These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.

§2What candidates have said

Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Keep current FDA rules, which allow prescriptions by telehealth and mail (1)

  • Ro Khanna CA-17
    His campaign website says he supports repealing an 1873 law that could be used to ban mailing mifepristone and other abortion drugs, and protecting telehealth access to abortion care.4

Allow it by telehealth and mail, with state laws that block other states' legal action against doctors who send it (shield laws) (2)

  • Scott Wiener CA-11
    His campaign website says he would protect the FDA's approval of mifepristone and access to medication abortion, including by telehealth, and shield patients and providers in California and similar states from out-of-state legal action.5
  • Maura Healey MA Governor
    Her campaign website says she stockpiled the abortion drug mifepristone and signed a shield law protecting patients and health care providers from legal threats from outside the state.6

Statements that don't match one option (24)

  • Connie Chan CA-11
    Her campaign website says she would vote against legislation restricting access to mifepristone, FDA-approved birth control or other lawful reproductive care.7
  • Sam Liccardo CA-16
    His campaign website says Congress must bar states from restricting abortion drugs before viability or offering abortion services through telemedicine.8
  • Jim Costa CA-21
    His campaign website says he opposed efforts to restrict access to mifepristone and contraceptives and supported legislation protecting women's right to travel to another state for reproductive care.9
  • John Hickenlooper CO Senate
    His campaign website says he is working to protect access to mifepristone and medication abortion.10
  • Melat Kiros CO-1
    Her platform calls for repealing the Comstock Act provisions that it says opponents of abortion are trying to use to ban medication abortion nationwide.11
  • Mike Sell FL-4
    His campaign's bill tracker lists him as opposing a Florida bill that it says would allow $100,000 civil suits over abortion medication sent by mail or prescribed through telehealth.12,13
  • Kimberly Overman FL-12
    Her campaign platform says she supports access to FDA-approved medication abortion, including mifepristone and misoprostol, without delay or obstruction.14
  • Jill N. Tokuda HI-2
    Her campaign website says that in her first term she opposed efforts in the House to further restrict women's health care, including by limiting access to mifepristone.15
  • Daniel Biss IL-9
    His campaign website says protecting abortion rights includes protecting access to mifepristone and misoprostol, the pills used for medication abortion.16
  • Nikki Budzinski IL-13
    Her campaign website says she will fight to protect access to medications such as mifepristone.17
  • Juliana Stratton IL Senate
    Her campaign's affordability blueprint says she would write access to medication abortion, along with abortion and other reproductive health care, into federal law.18
  • Sharice L. Davids KS-3
    Her campaign website says she joined 240 members of Congress in filing an amicus brief to keep mifepristone on the market.19
  • Stephen Wagley LA-6
    His campaign website says his top priority will be to fight federal efforts, through laws passed in Congress or agency regulations, to undo Louisiana's protections for the unborn, and it names abortion drugs as one concern.20
  • Ayanna S. Pressley MA-7
    Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments successfully expanding access to abortion medications and birth control.21
  • Donavan McKinney MI-13
    His campaign website says access to medication abortion should be protected nationwide.22
  • Missi Hesketh MO-7
    Her Healthcare page says the government restrictions on abortion services that she would prohibit include limits on a provider’s ability to prescribe certain drugs and to offer services by telemedicine.23
  • Mark Harris NC-8
    His campaign website's Accomplishments page lists the Teleabortion Prevention Act of 2025 among bills he introduced, under a heading about defending the sanctity of life.24
  • Maggie Goodlander NH-2
    Her campaign website says she would preserve access to medication abortion through telehealth, and calls for repealing the Comstock Act and adding federal protections for prescribing abortion medication by telehealth and mail.25
  • Ryan Michael Kelly NJ-3
    His campaign website lists protecting medication abortion among the reproductive health care protections he supports.26
  • Rob Menendez NJ-8
    Its healthcare page lists enacting legislation to protect access to the medication used for abortions and urging the FDA to lift restrictions so that it is easier to get by mail.27
  • Gabriel Vasquez NM-2
    His campaign website lists supporting the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act, which it says would protect access to medication abortion that is safe and effective, among his accomplishments.28
  • Kevin Hern OK Senate
    His campaign website says he cosponsored legislation to reverse what it calls the Biden-era expansion of chemical abortion.29
  • Tina Kotek OR Governor
    Her campaign website says she secured a three-year supply of mifepristone after the 2024 election and strengthened Oregon's shield law protecting patients and providers.30,31
  • Larry Rhoden SD Governor
    His campaign website lists stopping abortion pills from coming into South Dakota among his accomplishments.32