{"id":215168,"date":"2019-12-10T14:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=215168"},"modified":"2021-09-21T13:48:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T18:48:14","slug":"media-abortion-pill-reversal-questionable-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/media-abortion-pill-reversal-questionable-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Media calls abortion pill reversal ‘dangerous’ based on questionable study that actually showed the opposite"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The media is falsely claiming the results of a newly published study — which included only a dozen women and whose lead author has been funded by the abortion pill manufacturer, DANCO Laboratories — somehow concludes that abortion pill reversal treatment is dangerous for women.<\/p>\n

The study, “Mifepristone Antagonization With Progesterone to Prevent Medical Abortion,” was published by\u00a0the\u00a0Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/a>, commonly referred to as \u201cThe Green Journal,\u201d which is the official publication of the pro-abortion<\/a> American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). As Live Action News previously<\/a> pointed out, the study is the result of a failed clinical trial\u00a0published<\/a>\u00a0under the name \u201cBlocking Mifepristone Action With Progesterone.\u201d It was sponsored by the University of California-Davis and the Society of Family Planning, both of which have strong ties to abortion. The study was terminated sometime between August and\u00a0September 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Creinin study on abortion pill reversal published in AJOG<\/p><\/div>\n

The study intended to recruit 40 pregnant participants to take the first of the two pills (Mifepristone) in the approved abortion pill regimen at either the University of California-Davis or at Planned Parenthood Mar Monte. Then, pregnant participants were given either progesterone treatments to try to save their preborn children\u2026 or a placebo. The mere suggestion of using pregnant women in this kind of study raises ethical concerns — however, the authors claim that the “University of California, Davis, Institutional Review Board approved this study.” The study<\/a>\u00a0was abruptly suspended and later terminated after enrolling just 12 women, following three instances of\u00a0 “severe hemorrhage requiring ambulance transport to hospital.”<\/p>\n

But instead of being critical of the unethical experiment by abortion enthusiasts, the media is giving the authors cover by claiming the study is proof that treating women with progesterone to “reverse” a chemical abortion might be dangerous. This is beyond dishonest.<\/p>\n

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Vice misrepresents Creinin study on abortion pill reversal<\/p><\/div>\n

The study’s extremely small sample size, which dwindled from 40 to just 12 women (five of whom were African American) reports the following:<\/p>\n

12<\/b>\u00a0enrolled – two patients dropped out:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n