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The abortion movement has long insisted that the preborn baby is not a person worthy of protection and basic human rights, generally avoiding the scientific facts about life in the womb, and the facts about potential complications for women — all while consistently claiming to be a guardian of women’s welfare. The abortion industry says abortion must remain legal and in the hands of professionals for safety reasons… yet the latest push by abortion advocates is to expand abortion by means of unsupervised, at-home medication abortions. This effort calls into question the abortion industry’s claim to have women’s best interests at heart.<\/p>\n

In the unrest surrounding the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, abortion groups have capitalized on public fear to push \u201cself-managed\u201d medication abortions as a \u201csafe\u201d option for women.\u00a0Recent examples of the push for \u201cDIY\u201d abortions can be seen in the Guttmacher Institute\u2019s public policy paper<\/a>, Planned Parenthood\u2019s new three-part strategic plan<\/a> that includes expanding telemedicine, and the establishment of Aid Access.\u00a0While Planned Parenthood, America\u2019s largest abortion business, has not yet unleashed large-scale telemedicine, the Guttmacher Institute claims<\/a> this model is \u201cnot as far-fetched as it might sound.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, with Aid Access — an extension of the Canadian-based Women on Web, which has been illegally shipping abortion pills to women worldwide for years — this model is already a reality.\u00a0Women on Web tends to target pro-life countries that have laws protecting the lives of preborn children. The group, founded by Rebecca Gomperts, claims these at-home abortions are \u201csafe,\u201d and relies on legal loopholes to operate.\u00a0While Women on Web has previously not shipped to the United States, Gomperts established Aid Access earlier this year to send abortion pills to women in the United States. With a 78% follow up rate, Women on Web claims<\/a> that they are providing \u201csafe\u201d abortions.\u00a0Of the thousands of women represented in that 78%, 6.8% of women required follow-up surgical abortions<\/a> after the abortion pills failed.<\/p>\n

There are also many other organizations selling abortion pills online. In addition to Aid Access, the Charlotte Lozier Institute has identified<\/a> at least 72 unique websites that sell the abortion drug regimen, either misoprostol alone or misoprostol and mifepristone.<\/p>\n

READ: Abortion pill dangers are unknown because half of U.S. states don’t report complications<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Atlantic quotes<\/a> University of California, San Francisco professor Daniel Grossman<\/a> — who has deep ties<\/a> to the abortion industry — as saying \u201cit doesn\u2019t appear that women are having serious complications.\u201d This is anything but reassuring. Women who purchase abortion pills online have at times been instructed to go to emergency rooms claiming they are miscarrying if complications occur. We have no way of knowing how many women are truly experiencing problems following at-home abortions. Plus, only half of states<\/a> require reporting abortion complications from any<\/em> type of abortion, so there are few statistics available about medication abortions overseen by abortionists.<\/p>\n

Gomperts told the Atlantic that she established Aid Access to shield Women on Web from any oversight in the United States — clearly a strategic move, as the FDA is currently investigating<\/a> Aid Access. The commonsense investigation is being labeled as anti-abortion extremism. The Daily Beast noted:<\/p>\n

… the FDA said one of the drugs\u2013mifepristone<\/a>\u2013is not legally available over the internet. The agency said they take claims that mifepristone is being sold online \u201cvery seriously,\u201d and are \u201cevaluating the allegations to assess potential violations of U.S. law.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Gomperts says the reason she founded Aid Access was because of the number of requests for the abortion pill. She said<\/a>, \u201cI got an email from a woman who was living in a car with two kids. Something had to be done.\u201d Something absolutely must be done, but is sending a homeless woman pills for a DIY abortion really helping her, or doing harm? After this mother of three kills one of her children, she will still be living in her car in need of community assistance.<\/p>\n

Here’s what occurs in a medication abortion. Dr. Anthony Levatino explains the process in this video:<\/p>\n