{"id":266171,"date":"2022-04-15T15:36:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T20:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=266171"},"modified":"2022-04-14T16:54:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T21:54:04","slug":"delaware-expanding-abortion-pill-access-governors-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/delaware-expanding-abortion-pill-access-governors-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"Delaware lawmakers send abortion pill expansion bill to governor’s desk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While some states around the country are cracking down on abortion pill access, Delaware lawmakers have taken steps to make it more readily available, passing legislation that broadens who is able to prescribe the dangerous regimen.<\/p>\n

While the state currently requires physicians to write abortion pill prescriptions,\u00a0House Bill 320<\/a>\u00a0would allow physicians\u2019 assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to prescribe mifepristone and misoprostol, the two drugs that make up the chemical abortion cocktail. The bill now heads to the desk<\/a> of Gov. John Carney, who has not given any indication of whether or not he will sign it.<\/p>\n

One of the bill’s sponsors,\u00a0Sen. Kyle Evans Gay, touted the procedure as safe<\/a>, but the facts tell a different story.<\/p>\n

The abortion pill procedure begins when the woman first takes mifepristone, which blocks progesterone and starves the preborn baby of nutrients. Typically one to two days later, the woman follows that with misoprostol, which causes contractions and bleeding, forcing the child from her womb. The procedure comes with a multitude of side effects<\/a>, including cramping, heavy bleeding,\u00a0nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and headaches,<\/span> many of which women face alone at home.<\/p>\n

Data has shown that the abortion pill procedure is four times more dangerous<\/a>\u00a0than first-trimester surgical abortions, and studies reveal that emergency room visits<\/a> have skyrocketed due to abortion pill complications. Expanding this risky procedure outside of the oversight of doctors only increases the risk and danger to women.<\/p>\n