By Debra Braun, Education Director
It’s very likely that your local abortion facility does abortions using the “abortion pill” (formerly called RU-486). The abortionists may also call this procedure “medication abortion,” “chemical abortion,” or “non-surgical abortion.” Nationwide, more than 60% of all abortions are committed using the abortion pill.
This is not the “morning-after pill.” That so-called “birth-control” method can often cause an early abortion, but it is taken within days of sexual intercourse, before the woman knows whether she is pregnant or not. In contrast, the “abortion pill” is used to kill an unborn baby after pregnancy has been confirmed.
Many women take the first drug (mifepristone/Mifeprex) while at the abortion facility and are given the second drug (misoprostol/ Cytotec) to be taken up to 48 hours later at home. However, some abortion businesses have started mailing women BOTH drugs to take at home. The first drug is meant to kill the baby (essentially by depriving him or her of nutrients and oxygen by blocking the natural hormone progesterone). The second drug causes contractions and bleeding to expel the dead or dying baby. (Some babies have been delivered alive and have died as the mother watched in distress.) Usually the baby survives the first drug, and if the woman refuses to take the second drug, there is a good chance she will have a full-term pregnancy and a healthy baby, especially if she takes supplemental progesterone (abortion pill reversal).
If you speak with a woman who has already taken the first drug, urge her to call (877) 558-0333 (Abortion Pill Reversal) right away. This is the 24-hour helpline associated with www.abortionpillreversal.com. (This contact information is included in our “We’re Here for You” brochure, on the “Killed by the abortion pill” card, and on our list of pregnancy resource centers. It is also included on our list of post-abortion healing resources given to women leaving the abortion center in case they have just taken the first pill, but haven’t told us that and we assume they’ve had a surgical abortion.) Abortion Pill Reversal works with a network of more than 1000 pro-life health professionals around the country who will use progesterone to reverse the effects of mifepristone in an attempt to save the baby. Doctors say it’s vital to start the reversal treatment as soon as possible. This progesterone treatment has been successful in 64-68% of the cases Abortion Pill Reversal has been involved in, already resulting in more than 7000 healthy babies. Some babies have even survived BOTH mifepristone and misoprostol. Abortion pill reversal is a cutting-edge application of an FDA-approved progesterone treatment used since the 1950s to prevent miscarriage.
The abortion centers warn the woman that this type of abortion can cause birth defects, so they pressure her to undergo a surgical abortion if the abortion pill “fails.” However, it is important to note that it is the SECOND drug (misoprostol/Cytotec), not the FIRST (RU-486/mifepristone/Mifeprex), that carries the risk of birth defects. So if the woman refuses to take the second drug, her baby will be okay if he or she hasn’t been killed by the first drug. (Of course, we believe that a baby with disabilities deserves protection too, and so even if both drugs were taken and failed to kill the baby, we should try to persuade the woman to trust God, accept our help, and not have a “back-up” surgical abortion!)
Pro-Life Action Ministries has created a website to refer abortion pill clients to: www.abortionpillhurts.com This is a simple site, basically just the brief, but powerful, abortion pill scene from the movie “Unplanned” and information about abortion pill reversal, with a link for immediate help. You might want to bookmark it on your cell phone to have handy on the sidewalk. Another excellent source of testimonies about the abortion pill is # I Saw My Baby (www.liveaction.org/videos/playlist/i-saw-my-baby-abortion-pill-stories). You can also call out, “Look up # I Saw my Baby or abortionpillhurts.com and see what the abortion pill might be like
for you! It can be traumatic and dangerous.” Feel free to put these websites on signs, on social media, on other literature, however you’d like to promote them!
We have also published several brochures to assist you in persuading a woman to reverse (or preferably, not even to begin!) the abortion pill process. Our brochure, “The Abortion Pill”, describes the serious risks to the mother of this type of abortion and includes the fact that at least 36 women have died from this abortion method. “Survivor” is the testimony of a woman who changed her mind after taking the first drug and gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Kameryn. A photo of Kameryn and a brief paragraph about the abortion pill are included in our general sidewalk counseling brochure, “We’re Here for You.” (To order these brochures, see www.plam.org/website-resources/PriceList.pdf or call 651-771-1500.) Human Life Alliance also publishes a fact card on abortion pill reversal: www.humanlife.org/abortion-pill-reversal-fact-card
It’s a good idea to mention the possibility of reversing the abortion pill to every woman who’s leaving if you don’t know for sure that she had a surgical abortion. If she stops to talk, tell her, “If you’ve taken the abortion pill, don’t take the second drug! Your baby is still alive and you might still be able to save his or her life. We have brochures for you and pro-life doctors who can help you right now. Look up abortionpillreversal.com or call 877-558-0333.” If you don’t have time to say all that and/or the woman doesn’t stop to take your information, just call out as she leaves, “Abortionpillreversal.com can save your baby’s life! Don’t take the second drug; your baby is still alive right now.” We also have signs which say AbortionPillReversal.com on one side and AbortionPillHurts.com on the other. (Note – If your local pregnancy resource center does abortion pill reversal, you can take the woman directly there.)
Additional information:
For more information about the abortion pill reversal process and to read some beautiful success stories, go to:
www.abortionpillreversal.com
George Delgado, M.D., et. al. “A Case Series Detailing the Successful Reversal of the Effects of
Mifepristone Using Progesterone,” Issues in Law & Medicine, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2018
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30831017/
George Delgado, M.D. and Mary L. Davenport, M.D., “Progesterone Use to Reverse the Effects of Mifepristone,” The Annals of Pharmacotherapy®, December 2012, Vol. 46, No. 12 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1345/aph.1R252
