{"id":274075,"date":"2022-08-13T15:43:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T20:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=274075"},"modified":"2022-08-12T17:07:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T22:07:13","slug":"telemedicine-abortion-business-abortions-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/telemedicine-abortion-business-abortions-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Another company gets into the business of at-home abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A reproductive health care business previously focused on contraception, STI treatments, and infections is now expanding to include abortion. Their business model, however, is entirely online, meaning women will be undergoing telemedicine abortions with the abortion pills shipped to their homes.<\/p>\n

Wisp<\/a> is a digital health care organization in which patients undergo online consultations, and any medicine or treatments needed are shipped discreetly to the patient’s home. Now, however, Wisp is adding abortion as a healthcare option. Using telemedicine, women will undergo chemical abortions at home, without ever seeing a doctor in person.<\/p>\n

According to the Wisp website<\/a>, the process begins with a questionnaire, and women have an online consultation with one of the Wisp providers. Then, Wisp mails the abortion pills to the woman requesting them. It requires the recipient to be at least 18 years old and less than 10 weeks pregnant \u2014 but it is less clear as to how Wisp determines the person is not actually a minor, that she is a woman requesting the pills for herself, or that she is not beyond 10 weeks pregnant.<\/p>\n

At the moment, Wisp only ships the abortion pills to women in California \u2014 however, it soon plans to expand to Illinois, New York, and Colorado, according to Yahoo! Finance<\/a>. “At Wisp, our mission has always been to offer fast, effective, and affordable services to meet patients where and when they need it most,” Ahmad Bani, CEO of Wisp, told Yahoo!. “We believe abortion is a critical aspect of healthcare, and we are committed to providing this as an option for our patients, in the states where it is legal, so that they can take ownership of this aspect of their health with privacy and respect.”<\/p>\n

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Though the abortion industry paints telemedicine abortion as normal, reasonable, and safe, it comes with many risks. Under the “no-test<\/a>” protocol initially promoted by abortionist Daniel Grossman<\/a>, a woman looking to undergo an at-home chemical abortion will do so without receiving a blood test or ultrasound first. This means it is nearly impossible to\u00a0accurately determine her true gestational age, whether she has an extrauterine pregnancy, or has any contraindications to the abortion pill.<\/p>\n