When I read the headline I thought about the audacity Mississippi had to spend money training dogs to sniff out abortion pills. Then I read the article:

“An employee there had reported seeing someone in the lobby putting pills into hot pink envelopes.”

…and…

"Steed, a K-9 handler, arrived with Rip, his narcotics sniffer dog. Rip strode around and, when he got to the pink envelope, sat down. According to records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, Steed said this meant the dog had smelled narcotics. "

So no, the police dog can’t sniff out abortion pills, instead a dirty cop either signaled his dog to the behavior, or the copy is straight lying about what the dog did.

If anything any defense attorneys must love this. If the police indicate a dog is signaling drugs where there weren’t any, then any searches authorized by that dog’s actions should be thrown out including any evidence found in a followup human search.