{"id":206154,"date":"2019-07-17T07:02:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T12:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=206154"},"modified":"2024-07-31T00:11:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T05:11:50","slug":"abortion-orgs-birth-defects-abortion-pill-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-orgs-birth-defects-abortion-pill-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion orgs say babies will have birth defects if women don&#8217;t complete abortion pill process. Research says otherwise."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Do women who take the abortion pill and then decide to continue the pregnancy have an increased risk of fetal anomalies? Abortion advocates claim that they do. But is this true?\u00a0The <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/american-college-obstetricians-gynecologists-pro-abortion\/\">pro-abortion<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/american-college-obgyns-scrutinize-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology<\/a>\u00a0(ACOG)\u00a0has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acog.org\/Patients\/FAQs\/Induced-Abortion?IsMobileSet=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a>, &#8220;Continuing the pregnancy is not recommended because the drugs used for medical abortion are known to cause severe birth defects.&#8221; But in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acog.org\/-\/media\/Practice-Bulletins\/Committee-on-Practice-Bulletins----Gynecology\/Public\/pb143.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2014 Practice Bulletin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/american-college-obstetricians-gynecologists-pro-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACOG<\/a>\u00a0admitted, &#8220;No evidence exists to date of a teratogenic [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/script\/main\/art.asp?articlekey=9334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">birth defect<\/a>] effect of mifepristone,&#8221; which is the first of the two-pill regimen. The abortion pill regimen consists of two pills: Mifepristone (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/cder\/daf\/index.cfm?event=BasicSearch.process\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mifeprex<\/a>) and Misoprostol. The &#8216;abortion pill reversal&#8217; protocol is done after the <strong>first<\/strong> medication, mifepristone, is given.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/written-testimony-of-george-delgado-m-d-f-a-a-f-p-in-support-of-colorado-abortion-pill-reversal-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testimony<\/a> from the inventor of the &#8216;abortion pill reversal&#8217; method, the profitable abortion industry has used the scare tactic of birth defects to pressure women into going ahead to continue their pregnancies. Dr. George Delgado, M.D. <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/written-testimony-of-george-delgado-m-d-f-a-a-f-p-in-support-of-colorado-abortion-pill-reversal-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> a state House committee, &#8220;Several women have told our hotline nurses that when they changed their minds and called their respective abortion centers inquiring about reversal, they were erroneously told that there is &#8216;no possibility of reversal&#8217; or that &#8216;your baby is sure to have birth defects&#8230;'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/four-lies-abortion-pill-reversal-truth\/\">Four lies abortion supporters are telling about &#8216;abortion pill reversal&#8217;\u2026 and the truth<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_206235\" style=\"width: 455px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206235\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-206235\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ACOG-Practice-Bulletin-2014-abortion-pill-birth-defects-in-continued-pregnancy.jpg\" alt=\"Image: ACOG Practice Bulletin 2014 abortion pill birth defects in continued pregnancy\" width=\"445\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ACOG-Practice-Bulletin-2014-abortion-pill-birth-defects-in-continued-pregnancy.jpg 445w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ACOG-Practice-Bulletin-2014-abortion-pill-birth-defects-in-continued-pregnancy-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-206235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ACOG Practice Bulletin 2014 abortion pill birth defects in continued pregnancy, admitting &#8220;no evidence of teratogenic effect of mifepristone&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2017,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/american-college-obgyns-scrutinize-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACOG<\/a>\u00a0again\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acog.org\/-\/media\/Departments\/Government-Relations-and-Outreach\/FactsAreImportantMedicationAbortionReversal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>, &#8220;mifepristone is not known to cause birth defects&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_206230\" style=\"width: 765px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206230\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-206230\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ACOG-says-Mifepristone-abortion-pill-is-not-known-to-cause-birth-defects.jpg\" alt=\"Image: ACOG says Mifepristone abortion pill is not known to cause birth defects\" width=\"755\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ACOG-says-Mifepristone-abortion-pill-is-not-known-to-cause-birth-defects.jpg 755w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ACOG-says-Mifepristone-abortion-pill-is-not-known-to-cause-birth-defects-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ACOG-says-Mifepristone-abortion-pill-is-not-known-to-cause-birth-defects-700x462.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ACOG-says-Mifepristone-abortion-pill-is-not-known-to-cause-birth-defects-500x330.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-206230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ACOG says Mifepristone abortion pill is not known to cause birth defects<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In addition, the pro-abortion organization Women on Web (WOW) &#8212; whose founder has been <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/defies-fda-dispense-abortion-pills-illegally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/defies-fda-dispense-abortion-pills-illegally\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1563983136760000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGN6Pe05sqMNC_2kTeqvX5SS0dE5A\">issued<\/a> a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations\/warning-letters\/aidaccessorg-575658-03082019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations\/warning-letters\/aidaccessorg-575658-03082019&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1563983136760000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFgB9NFBpgA-aRQuwMfxEnU9rcDxw\">warning letter<\/a>\u00a0from the FDA\u00a0to cease illegally dispensing the abortion pill &#8212; confirms on its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenonweb.org\/en\/page\/478\/what-are-the-chances-that-the-fetus-will-be-malformed-if-you-have-an-ongoing-p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.womenonweb.org\/en\/page\/478\/what-are-the-chances-that-the-fetus-will-be-malformed-if-you-have-an-ongoing-p&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1563983136760000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGrT3-Tk8G8nj8DBbvxq2-PObVQtA\">website<\/a>, &#8220;Research suggests that a fetus that has been exposed to Mifepristone alone and is not aborted will continue to develop normally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And, despite the risk from Misoprostol the second pill in the regimen, WOW claims it is &#8220;very small,&#8221; writing in part, &#8220;Exposure of fetuses to Misoprostol can lead to malformations&#8230; However, risk of having a baby with malformations after using Misoprostol is still very small and hardly measurable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Live Action News has <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-groups-tell-women-lie-miscarriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-groups-tell-women-lie-miscarriage\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1563983136760000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH_0qUgEqqa6Pw1v42zGseEIZ7QZg\">previously<\/a> documented how WOW\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenonweb.org\/en\/page\/485\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-complications-and-what-should-you-do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.womenonweb.org\/en\/page\/485\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-complications-and-what-should-you-do&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1563983136760000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGqZ2HDjj-WBIYsdI-aNjqUID34sw\">advises<\/a>\u00a0women experiencing complications from illegally obtained abortion pills to go to the ER and claim they are having a miscarriage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-207342\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/women-on-web-700x459.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/women-on-web-700x459.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/women-on-web-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/women-on-web-500x328.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/women-on-web.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Early research conducted at the time the abortion pill was introduced appeared to indicate the data did not conclusively prove an increased risk of birth defects from a continued pregnancy after taking the abortion pill, and especially if the woman only took the first pill (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/cder\/daf\/index.cfm?event=BasicSearch.process\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mifeprex<\/a>\/Mifepristone) of the pill regimen. Live Action News has provided a timeline of evidence below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abortion Pill Introduced:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1994, with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.hhs.gov\/news\/press\/1994pres\/940516.txt\">encouragement<\/a>\u00a0of the Clinton administration, French\u00a0pharmaceutical manufacturer Roussel-Uclaf assigned the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/drugsatfda_docs\/appletter\/2000\/20687appltr.pdf\">US rights<\/a>\u00a0of marketing and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/downloads\/Drugs\/DrugSafety\/PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatientsandProviders\/ucm086149.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">distribution<\/a>\u00a0of abortion pill RU-486 to the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/population-council-founded-eugenicists-promoting-abortion-turns-65\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Population Council<\/a>. The right to distribute the drugs were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2000\/09\/30\/us\/abortion-pill-distributor-energized-by-new-mission.html\">later<\/a>\u00a0handed over to <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danco Laboratories, LLC<\/a>., a secretly organized\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">company<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/caselaw.findlaw.com\/ny-supreme-court-appellate-division\/1151610.html\">sub-licensee<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0eugenics-founded\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/population-council-founded-eugenicists-promoting-abortion-turns-65\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Population Council.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clinical trials for the abortion pill regimen begin shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in <a href=\"https:\/\/timeline.packard.org\/#page20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1996<\/a>, when <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danco<\/a>, &#8220;ran short on funds&#8221; and had &#8220;difficulty attracting investors,&#8221; the pro-abortion <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/whos-who-abortion-pill-reversal-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Packard Foundation<\/a>\u00a0stepped in with &#8220;$14.2 million in program related investments&#8221; to keep\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danco<\/a>\u00a0afloat.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_206239\" style=\"width: 1062px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206239\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-206239\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Timeline-shows-it-invested-in-abortion-pill-distributor.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Packard Timeline shows it invested in abortion pill distributor\" width=\"1052\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Timeline-shows-it-invested-in-abortion-pill-distributor.jpg 1052w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Timeline-shows-it-invested-in-abortion-pill-distributor-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Timeline-shows-it-invested-in-abortion-pill-distributor-768x392.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Timeline-shows-it-invested-in-abortion-pill-distributor-700x357.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Timeline-shows-it-invested-in-abortion-pill-distributor-500x255.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1052px) 100vw, 1052px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-206239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Packard Timeline shows it invested in abortion pill distributor<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_206240\" style=\"width: 1282px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206240\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-206240\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Timeline-shows-it-invested-in-abortion-pill-mfg-Danco.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Packard Timeline shows it invested in abortion pill mfg Danco (Packard Foundation website accessed 07\/10\/2019)\" width=\"1272\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Timeline-shows-it-invested-in-abortion-pill-mfg-Danco.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Timeline-shows-it-invested-in-abortion-pill-mfg-Danco-300x88.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Timeline-shows-it-invested-in-abortion-pill-mfg-Danco-768x226.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Timeline-shows-it-invested-in-abortion-pill-mfg-Danco-700x206.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Packard-Timeline-shows-it-invested-in-abortion-pill-mfg-Danco-500x147.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1272px) 100vw, 1272px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-206240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Packard Timeline shows it invested in abortion pill mfg Danco (Packard Foundation website accessed 07\/10\/2019)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>1992-1995:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UCSF&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/media-ignores-profit-abortion-pill-reversal-researcher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mitchel Creinin<\/a>\u00a0is currently conducting a questionable study to <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/whos-who-abortion-pill-reversal-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disprove<\/a> the effects of the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/four-lies-abortion-pill-reversal-truth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion pill reversal<\/a>&#8216;. Creinin has, for years, received <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/media-ignores-profit-abortion-pill-reversal-researcher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">financial compensation<\/a> from\u00a0the abortion pill manufacturer, Danco. Creinin is involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaroleNovielli\/status\/1118941044152905728\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several organizations<\/a> funded by Packard, an original investor of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danco<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 1992, Creinin piloted another experimental abortion study at San Francisco General Hospital using the drugs Mifepristone and Methotrexate. He told women that, because of the potential for &#8220;birth defects,&#8221; there would be no turning back after using those drugs. On January 16, 1995, Stanley Henshaw, deputy director of research at the Alan Guttmacher Institute, a former &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/how-independent-is-guttmacher-from-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special affiliate<\/a>&#8221; of Planned Parenthood,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?nid=1129&amp;dat=19950116&amp;id=fq4zAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=nm4DAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=4777,37555&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a>\u00a0in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that <em>no<\/em> birth defects had been reported in women who changed their minds. The paper wrote, &#8220;<strong>Some women who have taken RU486 [abortion pill], have, in fact, changed their minds and delivered their babies, he said. And thus far, no birth defects have been reported<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_206162\" style=\"width: 895px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206162\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-206162\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pitts-Post-Gazette-1995-Part-Two.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Guttmacher women had no birth defects after abortion pill: Pitts Post Gazette 1995 Part Two\" width=\"885\" height=\"1011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pitts-Post-Gazette-1995-Part-Two.jpg 885w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pitts-Post-Gazette-1995-Part-Two-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pitts-Post-Gazette-1995-Part-Two-768x877.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pitts-Post-Gazette-1995-Part-Two-613x700.jpg 613w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pitts-Post-Gazette-1995-Part-Two-500x571.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-206162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guttmacher women had no birth defects after abortion pill: Pitts Post Gazette 1995 Part Two<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>1996:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A July 1996 FDA Advisory Committee meeting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20081028004329\/https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/ohrms\/dockets\/ac\/96\/transcpt\/3198t1a.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transcript<\/a>\u00a0reveals that former Population Council <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popcouncil.org\/uploads\/pdfs\/events\/2009ICCR_Symposium_letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vice President<\/a>\u00a0Dr. C. Wayne Bardin, M.D., in charge of oversight of the new drug application (NDA) to the FDA for RU-486,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/ohrms\/dockets\/ac\/96\/transcpt\/3198t1a.pdf\">explained<\/a> to the committee why they told women in clinical trials that if they continued their pregnancies after taking the abortion drug their children would suffer from abnormalities: \u201cIn some of the animal toxicology on both drugs, there is evidence for teratologic changes in\u00a0animals.\u00a0There have been 21 children born to women who changed their mind and there have been three congenital anomalies. Now, statistically, that is not enough to determine what the effect is in humans. So, not knowing the effect in humans, we advised women about what the animal data showed and said that there was a considerable risk to them if they changed their mind because usually teratologic effects in animals will translate or have a high possibility of translating to teratologic effects in humans. so, these were the data that were presented to the women.<em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Among the abnormalities the Council observed, Bardin explained were \u201cthree congenital anomalies in the children that were born were a club foot, <strong>some abnormal fingernails<\/strong>, and an immune disease which led to death.\u201d They added, \u201cThe others are normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>1997:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1997, the Washington Post published a report, <em>RU 486:<\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/lifestyle\/wellness\/1997\/02\/04\/ru-486-abortion-by-pill-is-not-as-simple-as-it-seems\/50fc9192-4c98-4e74-bf57-7a6cd442da33\/\">Abortion By Pill Is Not as Simple As It Seems<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0in which they quoted a Population Council official who claimed &#8220;it found only a few cases&#8221; where women had continued their pregnancies after taking mifepristone and in all but one case, the paper noted that a &#8220;normal baby was delivered.&#8221;\u00a0WashPo added, &#8220;As for misoprostol, there have been <em>anecdotal reports<\/em> of abnormal fetuses when pregnant women took the drug.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1999-2002:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As early as <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/19991129021451\/http:\/\/www.popcouncil.org\/faqs\/abortion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1999<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20010616193523\/http:\/\/www.popcouncil.org\/faqs\/abortion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2001<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20020617063123\/http:\/\/www.popcouncil.org:80\/faqs\/abortion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2002<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/population-council-founded-eugenicists-promoting-abortion-turns-65\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Population Council&#8217;s website<\/a> noted that even though some abnormalities had occurred\u00a0 after taking mifepristone to produce an abortion, &#8220;<strong>In most cases a normal baby was delivered.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>They\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20020617063123\/http:\/\/www.popcouncil.org:80\/faqs\/abortion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted<\/a> that, in the case of a defect, &#8220;It is not clear whether these resulted from mifepristone, from misoprostol, from neither, or from both.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_206242\" style=\"width: 628px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206242\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-206242\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Population-Council-website-WBM-2002-abortion-pill-and-birth-defects-on-continued-pregnancy.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Population Council website WBM 2002 abortion pill and birth defects on continued pregnancy\" width=\"618\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Population-Council-website-WBM-2002-abortion-pill-and-birth-defects-on-continued-pregnancy.jpg 618w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Population-Council-website-WBM-2002-abortion-pill-and-birth-defects-on-continued-pregnancy-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Population-Council-website-WBM-2002-abortion-pill-and-birth-defects-on-continued-pregnancy-500x306.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-206242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Population Council website WBM 2002 abortion pill and birth defects on continued pregnancy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In part two, Live Action News will look at additional research, suggesting further that the abortion industry is not being exactly honest about this potential risk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do women who take the abortion pill and then decide to continue the pregnancy have an increased risk of fetal anomalies? Abortion advocates claim that they do. But is this true?\u00a0The pro-abortion\u00a0American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology\u00a0(ACOG)\u00a0has\u00a0claimed, &#8220;Continuing the pregnancy is not recommended because the drugs used for medical abortion are known to cause severe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":186659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[9953,15,8],"tags":[9880],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Abortion orgs say babies will have birth defects if women don&#039;t complete abortion pill process. Research says otherwise.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Abortion groups are saying women shouldn&#039;t do abortion pill reversal because the abortion pill causes birth defects. 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