{"id":280335,"date":"2022-11-28T08:39:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T14:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=280335"},"modified":"2022-11-25T12:08:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T18:08:37","slug":"spotify-blocks-abortion-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/spotify-blocks-abortion-pills\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify upsets pro-abortion group by disallowing abortion pill ads"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spotify has blocked Mayday Health, a pro-abortion organization, from running an abortion pill advertisement, saying that all ads regarding “abortion products and services, abortion providers and pregnancy counseling” are prohibited. The music streaming service also told Bloomberg that the concern surrounding the Mayday ad specifically is Mayday’s promotion of Aid Access, which dispenses the abortion pill to women from India.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson from Spotify told\u00a0Bloomberg<\/a> in an email, \u201cOur sales team explained that the issue with the ad is that it promoted Aid Access which relies on dispensing medication from a non-US based and non-FDA certified facility prescribed by a physician based outside of the US. Aid Access is not certified as an online pharmacy service by our third-party database, LegitScript, which is how we vet ads promoting online suppliers of prescription medicines in the US.\u201d<\/p>\n

That spokesperson explained that if Mayday altered its ad, then Spotify may accept it. However, Mayday has so far refused.<\/p>\n

The danger of DIY abortion pill use<\/h3>\n

The abortion pill has been found to be four times more dangerous<\/a> for women than a first-trimester surgical abortion. It carries a high risk of incomplete abortion, which can lead to infection, and is only currently FDA-approved for use up to 10 weeks of pregnancy, though pro-abortion groups are attempting to extend this limit<\/a>. For 20 years, the FDA required that the first dose of the abortion pill be taken at an approved facility or hospital under the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS), which are safety requirements the FDA places on “certain medications with\u00a0serious safety concerns<\/a>.” The Biden administration lifted those requirements, putting women at risk.<\/p>\n

One\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0found that 6% of women who took the abortion pill visited the emergency room or an urgent care center for abortion pill-related complications, and just over 4% required surgical interventions. Those findings\u00a0mirror<\/a>\u00a0data from the United Kingdom. Without an examination and a follow-up visit to a medical professional, women run the risk of physical injury from the abortion pill. They also are more easily susceptible to coerced or forced abortion at the hands of abusive men.<\/p>\n

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