National Right to Life (NRLC) has introduced the Abortion Pill Provider Liability and Education Act, or APPLE Act, a model law designed to protect women by ensuring transparency, honesty, and accountability in the use of abortion pills.

The legislation addresses concerns that women are not fully informed about the risks of chemical abortions and are often left without recourse when complications occur. The APPLE Act empowers women and their families to hold manufacturers, prescribers, and providers legally accountable for injuries, complications, trauma, or death, while preserving privacy and dignity.

“The APPLE Act is about truth and accountability,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “Women deserve full and honest information before taking abortion pills, and they deserve legal protection when something goes wrong.”

The law requires providers to give women clear written information about risks, ensures access to emergency care without penalty, mandates reporting of complications to state agencies, and allows women or their families to pursue civil action when harm occurs. It also protects the anonymity of women who bring legal claims.

Recent FDA reporting shows that at least 36 women in the U.S. have died after taking mifepristone, with additional deaths internationally. Studies indicate that 5–10% of women experience complications requiring emergency care, including hemorrhage, infection, and incomplete abortion.

“The APPLE Act protects women’s right to know the truth and hold abortion-pill providers accountable,” Tobias said. “Women deserve legal protection when providers fail them.”

NRLC is encouraging state lawmakers to introduce the APPLE Act nationwide as a woman-centered response to the growing harms linked to chemical abortions.