{"id":156862,"date":"2016-11-17T16:28:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T21:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=156862"},"modified":"2016-11-18T14:31:44","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T19:31:44","slug":"experimental-abortion-pill-trial-could-lead-to-lower-safety-standards-for-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/experimental-abortion-pill-trial-could-lead-to-lower-safety-standards-for-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Experimental abortion pill trial could lead to lower safety standards for women"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week, Right to Life of Michigan\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0on an experimental trial, led by Gynuity Health Projects, to give abortion pills to women in New York, Oregon, and Washington, with “few questions asked.” As Michigan\u00a0RTL notes, “this practice is not approved in the U.S. by the FDA”:<\/p>\n

… [I]n\u00a0Australia and in the Canadian province of British Columbia, this has become a common practice. All it takes is a quick call or Internet chat with an abortionist and you can receive the RU-486 abortion pills through the mail….<\/p>\n

On [Gynuity Health’s]\u00a0own website<\/a>\u00a0they boast of organizing abortion trade convention workshops entitled, \u201cMedical abortion service provision: How low can we go?\u201d and \u201cCan we omit the screening ultrasound before medical abortion?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At this point, reports\u00a0Kaiser Health News<\/a>, the “experimental trial” does require women to have an ultrasound and bloodwork before they receive their abortion pills by mail, but\u00a0the fact that Gynuity is questioning the need for ultrasound screening is disturbing.<\/p>\n

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