{"id":228987,"date":"2020-08-19T14:36:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T19:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=228987"},"modified":"2020-08-21T21:24:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T02:24:11","slug":"private-abortion-soft-pedals-dangerous-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/private-abortion-soft-pedals-dangerous-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A more private experience&#8217;: How the abortion industry soft-pedals dangerous at-home abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Pro-abortion organizations have long argued that abortion should be &#8220;between a woman and her doctor.&#8221; But today, the abortion industry has put this notion on the back burner with its full-throated endorsement of do-it-yourself, at-home abortions. Few have been more vocal about the &#8220;demedicalization&#8221; of abortion than abortion industry insider Dr. Daniel Grossman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At-home abortions have been years in the making<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, the abortion industry has amped up its message that <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/alarming-abortion-pill-ultrasounds-guess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at-home abortions<\/a> are what women need. As abortion businesses in some states were forced to close and began losing money, Dr. Grossman stated on Twitter and in <a href=\"https:\/\/rewire.news\/article\/2020\/07\/22\/the-next-big-anti-abortion-fight-keeping-you-from-having-an-abortion-at-home\/\">Rewire News<\/a> that the goal is to &#8220;move abortion away from a clinic-based service&#8221; into homes, for a &#8220;much more private experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-228984\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/grossman-tweet-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/grossman-tweet-16.jpg 463w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/grossman-tweet-16-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Grossman\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abortion-men-legalize-expand-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0his belief that the industry should &#8220;focus our efforts on making medication abortion pills <em>over-the-counter<\/em>, and support those who decide to <em>manage their own abortions<\/em>&#8230;.&#8221; (emphasis added).\u00a0Grossman is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ansirh.org\/staff-members\/daniel-grossman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">director<\/a> of Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and a Senior Advisor at Ibis Reproductive Health, an organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibisreproductivehealth.org\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">working<\/a>\u00a0to make abortion &#8220;easy to access&#8221; and &#8220;available without unnecessary medical requirements or legal impediments.&#8221; Grossman is also an abortionist and abortionist trainer with <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/this-abortionist-claims-abortion-pill-doesnt-need-regulations-hes-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">connections<\/a> to the funders of the abortion pill&#8217;s manufacturer, Danco.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the abortion pill, there are currently multiple methods for dispensing it, including Telemed\/Telehealth\/Telemedicine Abortion, &#8220;No-Test&#8221; Abortion, and the method currently in a clinical trial known as TelAbortion.\u00a0However, a federal judge recently <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/fda-files-appeal-abortion-pill-safety-covid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspended<\/a> the FDA&#8217;s in-person requirement for dispensing the abortion pill. That suspension will be in place for as long as the COVID-19 pandemic lasts, which is an undetermined amount of time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_222731\" style=\"width: 526px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222731\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-222731\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-from-iOS-1-700x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-from-iOS-1-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-from-iOS-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-from-iOS-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-from-iOS-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-from-iOS-1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-from-iOS-1-960x960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-from-iOS-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-from-iOS-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-222731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abortion Pill Terminology<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/do-it-yourself-abortion-isnt-health-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously reported<\/a> by Live Action News, a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/alarming-abortion-pill-ultrasounds-guess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no-test<\/a>&#8221; or &#8220;demedicalized&#8221; abortion allows abortion businesses to prescribe the abortion pill without actually seeing the patient in person, without performing any tests or examinations to rule out potential complications such as ectopic pregnancy. There is no true doctor\/patient relationship in this scenario, as Live Action researcher Carole Novielli states:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Now, with the advent of DIY abortions, health professionals and facilities will be replaced by pharmacists, postal carriers, and questionable online websites. When the dust settles, the \u201cabortion is health care\u201d fa\u00e7ade will fade as\u00a0the public realizes abortion was never about medicine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-226918 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/De-medicalize-abortion-Image-Dr-Daniel-Grossman-Tweet.jpg\" alt=\"Image: De-medicalize abortion (Image Dr. Daniel Grossman Tweet)\" width=\"557\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/De-medicalize-abortion-Image-Dr-Daniel-Grossman-Tweet.jpg 668w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/De-medicalize-abortion-Image-Dr-Daniel-Grossman-Tweet-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/De-medicalize-abortion-Image-Dr-Daniel-Grossman-Tweet-500x427.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">In reality, an expansion of the abortion pill is only good for the abortion industry. Pushing to deregulate mifepristone<\/span>\u00a0puts women at great risk.\u00a0<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Under &#8220;demedicalized&#8221; abortion, women are at risk of taking the abortion pill while experiencing undiagnosed ectopic pregnancies, which could be fatal. Women who take the abortion pill without knowing whether they might be Rh-negative are risking the lives of future children. A woman might be much further along in pregnancy than she realizes, which increases her risks as well. She could hemorrhage at home alone. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">All of these situations are dangerous for women, yet the abortion industry benefits financially from a faster turnover rate of patients whom they never have to actually see in person \u2014 much like the industry&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-treated-women-like-cattle-says-former-manager\/\">current reputation<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wa-planned-parenthood-poor-reviews\/\">rushing women<\/a> through surgical abortions &#8220;like cattle.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-215615 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Daniel-Grossman-tweets-OTC-self-manages-abortion.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Daniel Grossman tweets OTC self manages abortion (Image: Twitter)\" width=\"597\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Daniel-Grossman-tweets-OTC-self-manages-abortion.jpg 597w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Daniel-Grossman-tweets-OTC-self-manages-abortion-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Daniel-Grossman-tweets-OTC-self-manages-abortion-500x411.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grossman has previously pointed to the UK as a prime example of a successful at-home abortion protocol, but since the &#8220;Pills-by-Post&#8221; program began mailing the abortion pill to women in March 2020, two women <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/police-investigating-death-28-week-baby-abortion-pill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have died<\/a> from taking it, and a 28-week-old baby (the abortion cut off in the UK is 24 weeks) was born alive and then died after her mother took the abortion pill at home. It is currently only allowed to be taken up to 10 weeks. The UK has shown that at-home abortions are extremely risky.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being unsafe physically, at-home abortions could be detrimental to women&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/post-abortion-trauma-real-researchers-denying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mental and emotional health<\/a>. Aborting at home means a woman now bears the burden of disposing of the body of her deceased child and may see her child&#8217;s formed body and features, which could be traumatic.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teen-abortion-pill-haunted-baby-look-person\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One mother said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>I knew to expect blood clotting, but nothing could\u2019ve prepared me for seeing her body. It was the color of my own skin and was actually starting to look like a person. There was nothing I could do except flush. Now that the physical pain is over, that will haunt me for the rest of my life.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>At-home abortions are not a &#8220;threat to the pro-life movement&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grossman has also <a href=\"https:\/\/rewire.news\/article\/2020\/07\/22\/the-next-big-anti-abortion-fight-keeping-you-from-having-an-abortion-at-home\/\">claimed<\/a> that the anti-abortion movement is threatened by the idea of at-home abortions because &#8220;a lot of activity in the anti-abortion movement is focused&#8221; on reaching abortion-vulnerable women on the sidewalks outside abortion businesses. He argues that if women &#8220;manage their own abortions&#8221; at home, pro-lifers won&#8217;t be able to stop them.<\/p>\n<p>Elisa Wells, co-founder of Plan C, a <a href=\"https:\/\/plancpills.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> that instructs women on how to skirt laws to do DIY abortions, <a href=\"https:\/\/rewire.news\/article\/2020\/07\/22\/the-next-big-anti-abortion-fight-keeping-you-from-having-an-abortion-at-home\/\">told Rewire<\/a> that at-home abortion pill use is the future of abortion. She said pro-lifers &#8220;didn\u2019t understand the degree to which it\u2019s a transformative technology, especially when combined with the internet and with our global commerce system. They\u2019re clearly concerned because they see the promise of the [abortion pill] to make abortion accessible to those who need it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-226919 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/De-medicalize-abortion-Image-WWH-Tweet.jpg\" alt=\"Image: De-medicalize abortion (Image Whole Women's Health (WWH) Tweet)\" width=\"598\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/De-medicalize-abortion-Image-WWH-Tweet.jpg 673w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/De-medicalize-abortion-Image-WWH-Tweet-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/De-medicalize-abortion-Image-WWH-Tweet-500x207.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While countless women have <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/baby-uk-mom-chooses-life-sidewalk-counselor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">been helped thanks to pro-life sidewalk counselors<\/a>, at-home abortions are not a &#8220;threat&#8221; to pro-lifers. Pro-life sidewalk counselors don&#8217;t benefit financially from helping women to choose life. And yet, pro-lifers\u00a0<em>are<\/em> concerned, because at-home abortions are a threat to the women who take the abortion pill, and to the preborn children who will needlessly die.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1960s and 70s, Americans were <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/roe-v-wade-lies-legal-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sold the lie<\/a> that abortion had to be legalized in order to <em>end<\/em>\u00a0dangerous do-it-yourself abortions. Now it&#8217;s clear that this was never true. There is no other so-called &#8220;medical procedure&#8221; that women are expected to commit on themselves at home without medical supervision. The fa\u00e7ade of abortion as &#8220;health care&#8221; that should be &#8220;between a woman and her doctor&#8221; is fading.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a> for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-abortion organizations have long argued that abortion should be &#8220;between a woman and her doctor.&#8221; But today, the abortion industry has put this notion on the back burner with its full-throated endorsement of do-it-yourself, at-home abortions. Few have been more vocal about the &#8220;demedicalization&#8221; of abortion than abortion industry insider Dr. Daniel Grossman. 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