{"id":266399,"date":"2022-04-15T07:42:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T12:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=266399"},"modified":"2022-04-21T23:24:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T04:24:58","slug":"baby-dies-30-weeks-abortion-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/baby-dies-30-weeks-abortion-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby dies at 30 weeks after woman took abortion pill thinking she was in first trimester"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A woman in the United Kingdom who thought she was just 12 weeks pregnant sought an abortion and was prescribed the abortion pill. In reality, she was actually 30 weeks<\/em> pregnant, and her baby was born on a hospital toilet.<\/p>\n

According to the Daily Mail<\/a>, an inquest has been carried out to investigate this tragedy. Abortion is legal in the UK before 24 weeks of pregnancy. The mother, from East Yorkshire, believed she was only 12 weeks pregnant, which would be a legal procedure \u2014 but the abortionist did not perform an ultrasound to confirm gestational age.<\/p>\n

A 30-week abortion is not legal unless the preborn baby has been diagnosed with a disability, or if the mother’s life is at risk, even though the intentional killing of a preborn child is never medically necessary<\/a>. Additionally, the abortion pill regimen is not meant to be taken past 10 weeks gestation, so even at 12 weeks, this mother should not have been prescribed chemical abortion pills.<\/p>\n

On October 26, the mother went into labor after taking mifepristone. Mifepristone is the first drug in the chemical abortion process; this pill blocks progesterone, which is produced by the mother’s body to sustain and nourish her baby. Without progesterone, the lining of the uterus breaks down, effectively starving the baby of oxygen and nutrients.<\/p>\n