{"id":254523,"date":"2021-10-05T10:38:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=254523"},"modified":"2021-10-04T16:30:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T21:30:04","slug":"march-women-banned-coat-hanger-posters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/march-women-banned-coat-hanger-posters\/","title":{"rendered":"March for Women bans coat hanger symbols, now claims DIY abortions are not dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many who have been part of the pro-life movement for a while have heard the argument, \u201cif we ban abortion, women will die from back alley, illegal abortions\u201d countless times. This has always been a common pro-choice argument. Pro-choice activists claim that tens of thousands of women died every year before Roe v. Wade<\/em>\u00a0when the actual number was a fraction of this.<\/p>\n

In this article<\/a>, Carole Novielli debunks the claim that thousands died from illegal abortions before Roe. She also documents some of the times former Planned Parenthood president Leana Wen\u00a0made false statements about illegal abortion deaths. As recently as 2019, Wen was still claiming that thousands of women would die if Roe was overturned.<\/p>\n

But now, organizers of a major pro-choice event are sending a very different message. The Women\u2019s March, a pro-abortion march that took place on October 2, had some eyebrow-raising instructions on its website<\/a>.\u00a0Under the heading, “What should I not bring\u201d it says:<\/p>\n

\u201cCoat hanger imagery: \u2013 We do not want to accidentally reinforce the right wing talking points that self\u2013managed abortions are dangerous, scary, and harmful.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It seems like the claim that illegal, self-managed abortions are \u201cdangerous, scary, and harmful\u201d has somehow gone from being a pro-choice talking point to being a pro-life one.<\/p>\n

READ:<\/strong>\u00a0Scottish bioethicist concerned that DIY abortion will lead to more babies flushed down toilets<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In recent years, the abortion industry has turned some of its focus to\u00a0telemedicine abortions<\/a>, where women can receive abortion pills without ever receiving a medical exam from a doctor at the abortion facility. Now, in some cases, those pills are available through the mail. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration used to have a longstanding rule that women had to receive the abortion drugs from a certified provider at a clinic, hospital, or medical office, those rules have been bypassed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And the FDA, under pressure<\/a> from pro-abortion legislators, is considering<\/a> removing the safety rules altogether.<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that it is easier than ever to get the abortion pill, these DIY abortions are extremely dangerous. One study found that they are four times more dangerous<\/a> than surgical abortion. And it is emergency rooms \u2014\u00a0not abortion providers \u2014 that are dealing with the lion’s share of resulting complications<\/a>, like hemorrhaging.<\/p>\n