US bishops launch nationwide campaign against rising abortion pill useAngelus News ^ | Aug 05, 2026 | Peter Jesserer SmithPosted on by MorganaThe U.S. Catholic bishops are getting ready a nationwide call to prayer and action, with an official launch date of Aug. 18, to mobilize Catholics to address the rising abortion rate and the increased availability of an abortion-inducing drug. Dobbs overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and its related abortion precedents, returning the matter of abortion back to the legislative branch. Guttmacher found the figures for 2025 were largely unchanged from the prior year, but suggested abortion numbers overall may be an undercount due to people acquiring abortion pills in advance or obtaining them by means other than U.S. abortion clinic providers. "We are also developing educational resources about the abortion pill, which will help explain distinctions between miscarriage care versus ending the life of a child in an abortion." To: MorganaDo these bishops disapprove transgenders and LGBTQs using the abortion pills whose other sexual practices they now seem to approve.