Welcome to the TMS Weekly Dispatch for February 27, 2026—with the latest news and updates from the front line, to keep you in-the-know on all things Thomas More Society. If you missed last week's edition, click here.

Here's the latest from the past week:

SECRET TRANSITION MANDATES SPOTLIGHTED AT STATE OF THE UNION: On Tuesday night, President Trump invited Virginia girls' advocate Sage Blair and her adoptive mother, Michele, as guests at his State of the Union address. As the President recounted before a national audience, Sage was 14 when school officials at Appomattox County High School facilitated her social gender transition—allowing her to use a male name, male pronouns, and the boys' restroom—all while deliberately concealing it from her family.

According to the family's lawsuit, the school also hid severe bullying and sexual harassment Sage experienced, ultimately contributing to her running away from home. What followed was a nightmare: Sage was kidnapped and sex trafficked across state lines, and when she was rescued, a Maryland judge refused to return her to her family because Michele did not immediately affirm Sage as a boy. She was placed in an all-boys juvenile facility, where the lawsuit alleges she was sexually assaulted again. Today, Sage has returned home and is attending Liberty University on a full scholarship.

Sage's story is heartbreaking, and it is precisely why Thomas More Society has been fighting “parental exclusion” policies for the past three years. In December 2025, TMS won a historic, class-wide permanent injunction in Mirabelli v. Olson, ruling unconstitutional California's gender secrecy policies and restoring transparency and parental involvement in public education statewide. U.S. District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez called these policies a "trifecta of harm,” harming children who need parental guidance, parents deprived of their constitutional rights, and teachers forced to lie to them.  

After California Attorney General Rob Bonta appealed the injunction, TMS attorneys filed an emergency application to restore it at the Supreme Court, which is currently awaiting a decision from the Justices. On appeal, the case has been retitled to Mirabelli v. Bonta.  

The precedent set in Mirabelli is critical for families like the Blairs. Parents have a constitutional right to know what is happening with their children, and teachers have a right to tell them the truth.  

NEW DATA REVEALS IMPACT OF FDA'S ROLLBACK OF ABORTION PILL SAFEGUARDS: Thomas More Society filed an amicus brief on behalf of Heartbeat International in Louisiana v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, presenting new data on the consequences of the FDA's 2023 removal of in-person dispensing requirements for abortion drugs. The brief supports Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and Rosalie Markezich, a Louisiana woman who alleges her boyfriend ordered abortion drugs by mail and pressured her to take them.

Data from Heartbeat International's Abortion Pill Rescue Network (APRN) shows a stark decline in medical oversight since the FDA's policy change. Ultrasounds prior to taking abortion drugs dropped from nearly 100% in 2018 to just 62% in 2023, leaving four in ten women without screening for ectopic pregnancy or gestational age confirmation. The share of women obtaining abortion drugs outside the medical system—through the internet, friends, or family—surged from 1% in 2020 to 46% in 2025.

“The FDA didn't just update prior policy. It dismantled safeguards designed to protect women,” said Tyler Brooks, Senior Counsel at Thomas More Society. “When ultrasounds are no longer standard and abortion drugs are distributed through the mail with minimal oversight, women are left exposed to coercion and preventable harm.”

The brief also cites research showing chemical abortions carry a complication rate four times higher than surgical abortions and that 34% of women who used abortion drugs reported lasting negative emotional effects. TMS and Heartbeat International's filing joins briefs from 21 state attorneys general, 60 members of Congress, and dozens of pro-life organizations in what is becoming one of the most consequential post-Dobbs challenges to federal abortion policy.

Read the full press release. And click to learn more about Thomas More Society’s current litigation in defense of APR.  

ER DOCTOR EXPOSES ABORTION PILL DANGERS: A pro-abortion ER doctor inadvertently confirmed what pro-life advocates have been warning about for years, commenting on a social media video that women who consume abortion pills obtained online must seek follow-up care due to the risk of severe complications, including death.  

A groundbreaking April 2025 analysis by the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), examining insurance claims from nearly one million chemical abortions, found that approximately 11% of women experienced serious adverse events, including sepsis, infection, and hemorrhaging, within 45 days of taking the abortion pill. That rate is 22 times higher than the "less than 0.5%" serious adverse events rate listed on the FDA's mifepristone label.