{"id":181414,"date":"2018-04-12T10:19:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T14:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=181414"},"modified":"2018-04-13T17:01:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T21:01:56","slug":"expanding-access-abortion-pill-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/expanding-access-abortion-pill-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s why expanding access to the abortion pill is dangerous to women"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Currently, the only facility in Missouri offering abortion is Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, which has sent<\/a>\u00a0at least 68 women<\/a> to the hospital from its location since 2009. But\u00a0Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri has long had plans to expand medication abortion to two other Planned Parenthood centers — one in Joplin and one in Springfield. Those plans were put on hold after\u00a0the Springfield center’s license was denied and “the Joplin center\u2019s application is still pending and is now in doubt for approval,” according to pro-life group Operation Rescue, which adds<\/a> that the Springfield Planned Parenthood’s license was denied three times due to “numerous violations of licensing regulations” for which the abortion center never submitted a proposed correction plan.<\/p>\n

Live Action News’ Cassy Fiano reported<\/a> in December of 2017 that Missouri’s law mandates that medication abortion facilities have OBGYNs (with admitting privileges) on call in case of complications:<\/p>\n

The proposed law would require abortion facilities to have a plan to deal with complications that arise, specifically in emergency situations. If an abortion facility fails to have a \u201ccomplications plan\u201d that is approved by a state department, it will not be allowed to commit medication abortions.<\/p>\n

At the Springfield News-Leader, Will Schmitt writes<\/a>, \u201cThe complication-plan regulation requires abortion providers to have a physician on standby at all times. This is alarming to Planned Parenthood, due in part to its price tag.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Planned Parenthood of St. Louis just can’t be considered safe, and as the Joplin and Springfield centers operate under the same umbrella, it is reasonable to assume that these centers would be unsafe for women as well.<\/p>\n

But beyond the unfortunate reality of unsafe abortion centers is the fact that medication abortion itself — the abortion pill regimen — just isn’t safe for women. Operation Rescue notes that the “rate of incomplete abortion requiring surgery<\/a> [is] up to eight percent.” Beyond that, there are many possible complications. Women have been misled, told to expect symptoms resembling a heavy period, but instead have experienced things like excessive bleeding and extreme pain<\/a>\u00a0— and some, like Holly Patterson<\/a>, have died from sepsis.<\/p>\n

Former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino explains the procedure and the risks to women in the video below, found at AbortionProcedures.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n