{"id":214308,"date":"2019-11-28T14:41:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T20:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=214308"},"modified":"2022-04-21T07:08:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T12:08:40","slug":"study-endorses-self-managed-abortions-taxpayer-funded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/study-endorses-self-managed-abortions-taxpayer-funded\/","title":{"rendered":"Study endorses self-managed abortions for ‘public health’ reasons… funded by taxpayers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new study which seeks to elevate self-managed abortions as “safe” has been funded with a grant from a pro-abortion organization. The report, funded in part by the Society of Family Planning, reviewed alleged calls made by women seeking online abortion pills through Women on Web (WoW), an organization started by Rebecca Gomperts. Unsurprisingly given its funding, the study concluded, “There is a public health justification to make these abortions as safe, effective, and supported as possible.”<\/p>\n

A self-managed abortion is one which occurs outside the current FDA safety protocol (REMS), in which pills are often obtained online illegally. Live Action News has\u00a0previously<\/a>\u00a0documented the sale of illegal abortion pills by groups such as\u00a0Aid Access<\/a>\u00a0(also founded by Gomperts) who are\u00a0defying<\/a>\u00a0the FDA\u2019s\u00a0warnings<\/a>\u00a0to \u201cimmediately cease\u201d dispension of the drugs. The group\u00a0reportedly<\/a>\u00a0filled 2,500 prescriptions in 2018, according to a\u00a0letter<\/a>\u00a0from Aid Access to the FDA. However, a\u00a0lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0later filed by the group noted it had actually shipped\u00a07,131 abortion pills<\/em> to women in the U.S. between March 30, 2018, and August 27, 2019.<\/p>\n

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Image: FDA warns consumers to not buy abortion pills over the internet (Image: FDA)<\/p><\/div>\n

Charlotte Lozier Institute experts have\u00a0previously criticized<\/a>\u00a0flawed research purporting to show that self-administered, self-reported chemical abortions are not dangerous to women.<\/p>\n