{"id":282625,"date":"2023-01-04T08:46:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T14:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=282625"},"modified":"2023-01-03T23:21:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T05:21:47","slug":"study-40-percent-women-pain-abortion-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/study-40-percent-women-pain-abortion-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"Study reveals 40% of women report severe pain during abortion pill process"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An\u00a0observational study<\/a>\u00a0conducted at two centers in Bologna, Italy, found that 40% of women experienced severe pain when undergoing chemical (abortion pill) abortions. The study identified women who were more likely to experience severe pain included those who were anxious about their abortion, had not previously delivered a live baby, or had experienced painful menstrual periods (dysmenorrhea).<\/p>\n

The findings confirm what multiple women have reported… and they also contradict much of the abortion industry’s marketing of the abortion pill regimen.<\/p>\n

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Women report excruciating pain from abortion pill (Images: Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n

Study finds abortion pills are painful for women<\/strong><\/p>\n

The study<\/a>, entitled “How much will it hurt? Factors associated with pain experience in women undergoing medication abortion during the first trimester<\/em>,” included 242 women, and noted that previous studies (2015<\/a> and\u00a02016)<\/a> showed that “Medication abortion is associated with pain in up to 80% of women, and up to 54% of them complain of severe pain, with an overall need for analgesics between 68% and 91%.”<\/p>\n

But for this study, the authors claimed, “the primary aim of our study is to identify which characteristics may represent risk factors for severe pain levels during medication abortion, focusing on women\u2019s pretreatment anxiety levels.” As a result, the study found that “Increased baseline anxiety levels, dysmenorrhea<\/a> [painful menstrual periods which are caused by uterine contractions], and no previous vaginal deliveries significantly increase the likelihood of severe pain in women undergoing medication abortion.”<\/p>\n

“Severe pain was reported by 92 (38.0%) women,” the study claimed. “Women with severe dysmenorrhea… were more likely to experience severe pain during medication abortion (33.7% vs 8.0%, p < 0.001). Only 22.8% of women with severe pain had had a previous vaginal delivery, as opposed to 58.0% of women with mild-to-moderate pain (p < 0.001). Also, women with at least one previous D and C procedure more frequently reported less pain during medication abortion (38.7% vs 22.8%, p = 0.01),” the authors also wrote.<\/p>\n

“The analysis confirmed that anxiety… was significantly associated with severe pain during medication abortion,” the authors claimed. “The analysis also confirmed that a previous vaginal delivery represented a protective factor against severe pain,” the authors added. In other words, if the woman has had a previous live birth instead of an abortion.<\/p>\n

“According to our analysis, dysmenorrhea showed the strongest association with severe pain during abortion, determining a six-fold risk of experiencing severe pain,” the study claimed. “We found a positive correlation between increased anxiety levels before the procedure and the intensity of pain experienced by patients.”<\/p>\n

“Medication abortion represents a valid alternative to surgical management. In spite of this, a considerable number of women might still prefer surgical abortion, which is often performed under general anesthesia, due to the fear of side effects, especially pain,” the authors also claimed.<\/p>\n

Women’s own anecdotal reports support study’s findings on pain<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today, the race to increase abortion pill access often keeps\u00a0women in the dark with deceptive marketing campaigns<\/a> under euphemisms like \u201cmissed period<\/a>\u201d pills.\u00a0The abortion pill is falsely sold as \u201csafer than Tylenol<\/a>,\u201d which is ‘easy’ and like ‘bringing down a period<\/a>.’ Even the media<\/a> has played into this misinformation. Yet abortion pill clients<\/a>\u00a0often\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0pain \u2014 sometimes even extreme pain \u2014 with some seeking care at emergency facilities.<\/p>\n

A woman named Brittany claimed she obtained abortion pills from Planned Parenthood as a freshman in college and described her abortion experience in some disturbing ways in the comments of a\u00a0video<\/a>\u00a0entitled, \u201cMy Abortion Experience as a Freshman | Abortion Pill.” Keep in mind that Britney claimed she does not<\/em> regret her abortion:<\/p>\n