{"id":304876,"date":"2024-01-09T16:44:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T22:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=304876"},"modified":"2024-07-31T01:10:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T06:10:10","slug":"massachusetts-threatens-healthcare-professionals-abortion-pill-reversal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/massachusetts-threatens-healthcare-professionals-abortion-pill-reversal\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Dept. of Health threatens healthcare professionals over ‘abortion pill reversal’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) sent a memo<\/a> to all licensed healthcare professionals last week, warning them against practicing “in violation of good and accepted care practice.” An example that DPH used as an unacceptable healthcare practice is ‘Abortion Pill Reversal’ (APR).<\/p>\n

According to DPH<\/a>, there are 30 PRCs in Massachusetts, four of which are licensed<\/a> by the state as healthcare facilities. This licensing allows them to provide medical care while requiring that they follow certain requirements and meet certain standards. The memo claimed there has been an increase in complaints against PRCs in the state. Therefore the state wants to make sure these centers are “adhering to their designated scope of practice and operating transparently and free from deceptive practices.”<\/p>\n

The memo warns that if a facility is not compliant with the rules, it could face prosecution from the Attorney General. If a facility has a license but is not properly staffed, it could have its license suspended<\/a> or revoked along with those of the staff working there. It specifically mentions APR, calling it “unproven, unethical, and unsafe to provide to patients,” while citing so-called evidence from the pro-abortion American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But APR has not<\/strong> been shown to be unproven, unsafe, or unethical. APR is use of the hormone progesterone to offset the deadly, progesterone-blocking effects of the first drug of the abortion pill regimen \u2014 mifepristone. While mifepristone works to deprive the developing child of nutrients needed to sustain his or her life, progesterone is a naturally occurring pregnancy hormone<\/a> that sustains the young baby’s life. Progesterone has been used for years to prevent early miscarriages<\/a> in women who are known to be at risk.<\/p>\n