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Dangers of Online Abortion Pill Sales😮😧
Lack of oversight is dangerous and allows coercion. 
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Dangers of Online Sales of
Abortion Pills
Lack of oversight is dangerous
and allows coercion.
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Education: Before the Dobbs decision nullified Roe v. Wade, over half of U.S. abortions were done with the abortion pills. A combination of two drugs is used. The first pill blocks progesterone in order to cut off nutrition to the child. The second pill, taken 24 – 48 hrs. later, induces contractions to expel the child from the uterus. (1) U. S. law requires a doctor’s prescription for both pills, and had |
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required that the first pill of the regimen, RU486, to be given and consumed by the woman at the abortion facility. Standard procedure would be to do an ultrasound prior to giving the pills, to make sure it was not an ectopic pregnancy, and within the age range when the procedure was allowed.(2) In April 2021, the FDA announced it was suspending the requirement for in person dispensing during COVID. (3,4) The FDA has now made those modifications permanent, Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, abortion pills are being sold online, with no meaningful medical oversight. While states like Texas have banned abortion pills from being shipped into Texas, the law is nearly impossible to enforce.
These drugs are very powerful, and can produce severe bleeding. Internet sales make it easier for predators to give the drugs to a pregnant woman either under coercion or without her knowledge, and does not allow screening for contraindications such as gestational age past 10 weeks, or availability of emergency services if severe bleeding is experienced. Since women with extreme bleeding usually go to the emergency room There is also evidence in the UK,of extreme underreporting of complications following “DYI” abortions. (5)
- https://www.abortionprocedures.com/abortion-pill/#1465365763472-92a2fc8d-9104
- https://www.jurist.org/comm ntary/2012/03/mailee-smith-abortion-ultrasound/
- https://consumer.healthday.com/biden-administration-to-lift-restrictions-on-access-to-abortion-pill-during-pandemic-2652532552.html
- https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/247624/biden-administration-reconsiders-abortion-pill-regulations
- https://righttolife.org.uk/news/complications-arising-from-diy-home-abortions-massively-underreported-new-data-suggests
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Prayer: Dear Father God, please touch the hearts of women who seek to abort their child, even with using dangerous do-it-yourself means. Help every pregnant woman to listen to the maternal instinct in her heart to nurture her child, and to find the support she needs to do so. Help everyone involved with promoting at home abortions to realize the danger to women and repent of their interest in seeking profit for both killing children and risking the health of the mothers. For women who take RU-486, help them to change their minds quickly and contact www.abortionpillreversal.com to reverse the effect of the drug and save their baby. |
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Action: Use what you learned in this email to bring up the subject of abortion with your friends. Express your dismay at the dangers of buying abortion pills over the internet or using them without medical supervision, so that your friends might be warned the danger. Of course the best thing for anyone considering abortion would be to find the help they need at a pregnancy center, and choose life for their child. Remember the Option Line is available 24/7: 800-712-HELP. (www.optionline.org) |
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