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The abortion pill soon may be available in Japan, and some Japanese doctors are raising concerns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Abortion has been legal in Japan since 1948, but unlike many western countries where most early <\/span>abortions<\/span><\/a> are done via pills, in Japan early abortions are done exclusively via <\/span>D&C<\/span><\/a> or <\/span>D&E<\/span><\/a>. As Live Action News <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a>, British abortion pill company <\/span>Linepharma<\/span><\/a> received its pharmaceutical license in Japan and is seeking to start selling abortion pills in Japan this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

The specter of what is becoming increasingly more available in Western nations \u2013 self-administered abortions, carried out at home \u2013 haunts some Japanese OB\/GYNs. In an interview with <\/span>NHK<\/span><\/a>, Katsuyuki Kinoshita, the head of the Japan Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology, said that if clinical trials go well, Japan will approve the pill. This in turn could increase the appeal of abortion. \u201cHowever, I am concerned that people will think this medicine can make abortions easier,\u201d he told the Japanese broadcasting station.<\/span><\/p>\n

READ:<\/strong>\u00a0Five abortion pill dangers every woman should know<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chemical abortions via pill are a <\/span>two-step process<\/span><\/a> \u2013 the first pill, mifepristone, blocks the chemical progesterone to the baby, with the intent of starving and killing the baby. The second pill, misoprostol, is taken 24-48 hours later \u2013 usually at home \u2013 and causes the uterus to bleed and cramp in order to expel the baby’s body.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kinoshita expressed concern that women who take the abortion pill at home may experience severe bleeding, which could be extremely dangerous without the supervision of a competent medical professional. Kinoshita said he hoped the abortion pill would cost as much as the D&E.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019d be best to set the price of the abortion pill to how much the surgery costs\u2014about 100,000 yen ($861),\u201d he said. According to <\/span>Vice<\/span><\/a>, this line of thinking has outraged abortion supporters who point out that the abortion-advocating World Health Organization has deemed the abortion pill \u201cessential medicine,\u201d even though abortion is <\/span>never medically necessary<\/span><\/a> and is <\/span>not health care<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Linepharma has completed abortion pill trials in Japan that it deemed \u201csuccessful\u201d in ending the lives of preborn babies. However, about 60% of the women who took the pills experienced symptoms like abdominal pain and vomiting, the NHK reports, and a high percentage of the women were deemed to experience side effects from the drug. One woman had fever and anemia due to severe bleeding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Recent research has shown that the pill is <\/span>four times more dangerous<\/span><\/a> than a first-trimester surgical abortion. <\/span>Making the pill both cheap and easy to obtain, even without it becoming the over-the-counter drug that it has become in the West, would leave many more women vulnerable to complications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The abortion pill soon may be available in Japan, and some Japanese doctors are raising concerns.\u00a0 Abortion has been legal in Japan since 1948, but unlike many western countries where most early abortions are done via pills, in Japan early abortions are done exclusively via D&C or D&E. 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