{"id":228443,"date":"2020-08-05T16:14:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T21:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=228443"},"modified":"2020-08-05T22:22:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T03:22:32","slug":"abortion-pill-suppressing-womens-immune-systems-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-pill-suppressing-womens-immune-systems-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the abortion pill suppress women’s immune systems?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Research<\/span><\/a> suggests<\/span><\/a> that the abortion pill regimen, mifepristone and misoprostol, can act as an <\/span>immunosuppressant<\/span><\/i>, resulting in a compromised immune system for women who use the pill. This risk is especially concerning since the abortion industry is now using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to weaken FDA protocols, so that women may now receive the pill by <\/span>telemedicine<\/span><\/a>. In July, a federal district judge <\/span>suspended<\/span><\/a> the FDA\u2019s requirement that women receive the pill during an in-person appointment, in a healthcare setting.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While there is no research to suggest either drug in the abortion pill regimen makes a person more susceptible to COVID-19, the <\/span>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/span><\/a> (CDC) has warned immunocompromised people to take precautions during the pandemic. People with weakened immune systems\u2014<\/span>such as<\/span><\/a> those with AIDS, cancer, and diabetes\u2014have less ability to fight diseases and infections. Immunocompromisation may also stem from the use of certain immunosuppressant medications, such as anticancer drugs, radiation therapy, or <\/span>drugs<\/span><\/a> used for organ transplant patients. These drugs often weaken the immune system to prevent the body from rejecting the new organ, such as a kidney.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the suspension of the <\/span>FDA\u2019s<\/span><\/a> in-person requirements, women still must sign a Patient Agreement <\/span>form<\/span><\/a> disclosing the potentially life-threatening risks of the abortion pill regimen. However, this disclosure does not refer to the regimen\u2019s potential immunosuppressive effect.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mifepristone is the first drug taken in the regimen (formerly known as \u201cRU-486\u201d this lethal drug blocks the hormone progesterone, starving the newly conceived child of essential nutrients), followed by misoprostol 24 to 48 hours later (this drug causes contractions to expel the dead child from her mother’s uterus).<\/span><\/p>\n