{"id":249072,"date":"2021-07-14T14:40:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T19:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=249072"},"modified":"2021-07-14T21:32:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T02:32:48","slug":"indiana-abortions-increased-2020-most-abortion-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-abortions-increased-2020-most-abortion-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana abortions increased in 2020, with most done by abortion pill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to a new report from the Indiana Department of Health<\/a>,\u00a0119 more children were killed by abortion in 2020 than in 2019 in Indiana.\u00a0The report also indicates that for the first time, the majority of abortions were chemical abortions (the abortion pill).<\/p>\n

The Department of Health recorded 7,756 abortions in the state in 2020, up 1.6% from 2019. And, for the first time ever, nearly 55% of those abortions were chemically induced. The abortion pill regimen consists of two drugs \u2014\u00a0mifepristone and misoprostol \u2014 which work to kill the child and expel him from his mother’s body. The process takes place over a matter of days.<\/p>\n

The first pill, mifepristone, works to block progesterone, a hormone naturally produced by the mother’s body that helps sustain and nourish the pregnancy. Without it, the lining of the mother’s uterus breaks down, and the preborn baby is essentially starved of blood and nutrients. One to two days later, the woman takes misoprostol, which induces contractions, forcing the mother to deliver the body of her dead baby.<\/p>\n

A woman no longer needs an in-person visit to a doctor to obtain these drugs, as a judge suspended<\/a> this requirement during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n