{"id":275343,"date":"2022-09-07T08:47:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T13:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=275343"},"modified":"2022-09-06T17:11:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T22:11:09","slug":"abortion-push-same-day-abortion-pill-fda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-push-same-day-abortion-pill-fda\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion industry’s push for same-day abortion pill protocol is risky… and isn’t FDA-approved"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Recent reports indicate that Planned Parenthood facilities may now be requiring a same-day abortion pill protocol administration for women traveling from out of state. This protocol differs from the FDA-approved protocol, and may be less effective and more risky for women who use it.<\/p>\n

The approved abortion pill protocol has been meticulously detailed in the drug’s label<\/a> as well as the “patient agreement<\/a>” required under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) REMS\u00a0safety system<\/a>.\u00a0In addition, the\u00a0FDA’s website<\/a>\u00a0indicates that on day one, the abortion pill mifepristone or Mifeprex is taken by mouth. This pill starves the baby of the nutrients she or he needs to survive. Then, according to the FDA’s website<\/a>, approximately 24 to 48 hours later, the second drug (misoprostol) is taken buccally (in the cheeks). This drug causes the contractions that then expel the child from the womb.<\/p>\n

But rather than abide by the FDA’s approved protocols, the abortion industry continues to make changes that seem to only benefit them<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Abortion pill FDA approved regimen<\/p><\/div>\n

In 2020, the industry\u00a0rolled out<\/a>\u00a0a\u00a0\u201cno test<\/a>\u201d or “de-medicalized<\/a>” abortion pill protocol which\u00a0enabled abortion facilities to maximize profits<\/a>\u00a0by dispensing abortion pills\u00a0without<\/em>\u00a0conducting testing, labs, or ultrasounds to determine gestational age or rule out life-threatening ectopic pregnancies. This potentially places women\u2019s lives at greater risk.<\/p>\n

In July of 2022, a report<\/a> from KWIT in Iowa noted that because the “Sioux City Planned Parenthood is seeing an increase in patients from states where abortion has been banned” the Iowa Planned Parenthood is “being careful in how it handles abortions for patients from states with bans” by requiring those clients\u00a0“to complete their medication abortion on-site.” KWIT added, “Rather than administering the medication orally, the clinic will administer it vaginally \u2013 which doesn\u2019t require patients to wait 24 hours for a second dose of the medication.”<\/p>\n

In a separate report<\/a> from the Washington Post regarding a policy change by the National Abortion Federation (NAF), that paper pointed out that “While both abortion pills \u2014 mifepristone and misoprostol \u2014 can be taken at the same time if the misoprostol is taken vaginally, this method is far less popular and would made immediate travel risky, providers say, because the patient could begin passing the pregnancy on their way home.”<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Is the Biden administration forcing pharmacies to dispense the abortion pill against FDA rules?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Vaginal protocol may result in diminished efficacy<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to a chart published<\/a> by the pro-abortion American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) on “medication abortion,” the efficacy rate appears to be diminished when women take misoprostol vaginally at the same time as mifepristone.<\/p>\n

ACOG’s chart (below) shows that when taking misoprostol buccally<\/em> (in cheeks) at 24-48 hours<\/em> after mifepristone, the completion rate is 98.1% (at or less than seven weeks) and drops to 92.7% at 64 to 70 days (or nine to ten weeks) of pregnancy. Similarly, misoprostol taken\u00a0vaginally<\/em>\u00a0at 24-72 hours<\/em> after mifepristone shows an efficacy rate of 98.3% (at or less than seven weeks) but drops to 94.9% at 64 to 70 days (or nine to ten weeks) of pregnancy.<\/p>\n

But when misoprostol is taken vaginally at the same time<\/em> as mifepristone (0-.25 hours), the failure rate rises and efficacy drops to around 95 or 96%\u00a0(at or less than seven weeks) and decreases even further when using this protocol between eight to nine weeks, ranging from to 91.6 to 95.3% at 63 days (or nine weeks) of pregnancy. The chart did not indicate what the failure rate would even be at 10 or more weeks, writing “N\/A.”<\/p>\n

This is problematic, as most Planned Parenthood and abortion facilities<\/a> are selling abortion pills well past the FDA-approved 10-week cut off.\u00a0The abortion pill\u00a0has been a boon<\/a> for the industry<\/a>. As of 2020, the abortion pill made up more than half (54%)<\/a> of all abortions committed in the United States.<\/p>\n

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ACOG medication abortion interval between Mifepristone and Misoprostol accessed 09012022<\/p><\/div>\n

In addition, Planned Parenthood of Illinois’ instruction and aftercare document<\/a> on medication abortion clearly warns, “If you take mifepristone Day 71-77, you cannot use misoprostol vaginally.”<\/p>\n

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Planned Parenthood April 2022 doc on abortion pill<\/p><\/div>\n

Infection concerns<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2003, Planned Parenthood\u2019s implementation of an\u00a0unapproved\u00a0regimen<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0off-label<\/a>\u00a0use of the abortion pill led to the\u00a0death<\/a>\u00a0of 18-year-old\u00a0Holly Patterson<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0septic shock<\/a>. Patterson\u2019s father Monty\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0reporters, “I learned of 10 reported deaths from sepsis (serious infection involving the blood) following medical abortions, and nine of these were from Clostridium sordelli and all involved these alternative, off-label treatments\u2026 That day in the hospital, there were officials from Planned Parenthood who showed up and said that nothing like this had happened before. I just didn\u2019t believe it.”<\/p>\n