{"id":309257,"date":"2024-04-12T08:45:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T13:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=309257"},"modified":"2024-07-05T19:07:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T00:07:03","slug":"overwhelming-majority-planned-parenthood-abortions-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/overwhelming-majority-planned-parenthood-abortions-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwhelming majority of Planned Parenthood abortions now done by pill, says president"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nearly 70% of Planned Parenthood abortions are now committed using deadly chemical abortion pills, according to a recent statement from the abortion corporation’s president. Utilizing this percentage, it is plausible that nearly 275,000 chemical abortions were committed at Planned Parenthood in their 2022-23 service year alone.<\/p>\n

“Patients often choose medication abortion because it allows them to end their pregnancies early, on their own schedule, and in the privacy of their own home,” Alexis McGill-Johnson stated<\/a> in response to last month’s abortion pill lawsuit heard before the U.S. Supreme Court<\/a> in the Alliance Defending Freedom (AHM) v. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)<\/em> case.<\/p>\n

The Planned Parenthood president added, “When given information about all their options, nearly 70% of abortion patients at Planned Parenthood health centers choose medication abortion instead of in-clinic abortion.”<\/p>\n

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Abortion pills make up 70% of Planned Parenthood abortions<\/p><\/div>\n

In addition to McGill-Johnson, who was the highest paid executive<\/a> at the national organization, MaineMorningstar.com<\/a> recently reported that “Planned Parenthood of Northern New England… says about 70% of their patients choose medication abortion.” And Planned Parenthood of New Hampshire Action Fund<\/a> also claimed<\/a> that “about 70% of abortion patients<\/a> choose medication abortion” at Planned Parenthood of Northern New England.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood Abortion Pill Totals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood\u2019s latest annual report\u00a0\u00a02022-23 annual report<\/a>\u00a0revealed<\/a>\u00a0that Planned Parenthood committed a total of 392,715 abortions that year. During that time frame, Planned Parenthood held 40% of the abortion market share.<\/p>\n

While Planned Parenthood’s report does not breakdown how many abortions were committed by the abortion pill, we can utilize McGill-Johnson\u2019s latest abortion pill percentage of 70% to estimate that they could have been as high as 275,000 (274,900) out of the 392,715 they committed in that time.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood Abortion Pill Facilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

A report<\/a> compiled by the American Life League’s (ALL) STOPP International project<\/a> found that the nation\u2019s largest abortion provider saw an 82% increase in affiliates offering the abortion pill regimen between 2005 and 2021, as Live Action News previously<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

As of 2021, 391 of Planned Parenthood\u2019s 567 active locations (69%) offered either chemical or surgical abortions.<\/p>\n

According to ALL’s report, out of those 391 Planned Parenthood locations which committed abortion pill abortions in 2021, there are “176 centers that commit surgical abortions plus pill abortions” and “215 centers that commit pill abortions (not surgical abortions).”<\/p>\n

“Planned Parenthood runs 55% of all surgical and\/or pill abortion facilities in the United States. This includes 82% of abortion pill-only locations and 39% of surgical locations,” ALL’s analysis<\/a> also showed.<\/p>\n

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Growth of Planned Parenthood abortions committed by the abortion pill 2005-2021 (Graph: American Life League’s STOPP International)<\/p><\/div>\n

National Abortion Pill Number Estimates\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2023<\/a>, Guttmacher estimated<\/a> that “1,026,690 abortions occurred in the formal health care system” and that abortion pill use climbed from 53% in 2020 to 63% in 2023.<\/p>\n

As Live Action News previously<\/a> documented,\u00a0Guttmacher data for 2023<\/a> claimed that abortion pill use increased<\/em> nearly 31% (30.57%) from the 492,210 reported abortions in\u00a02020<\/a>\u00a0(53% of all abortions) to 642,700 abortion pills recorded by\u00a02023<\/a>\u00a0(63% of all abortions).<\/p>\n

Since the pill was approved in 2000 (through December 2022), nearly 6 million<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0preborn children have been killed by the\u00a0abortion pill<\/strong> in the U.S. And with the proliferation<\/a>\u00a0of unregulated online virtual abortion businesses, chemical abortion numbers are likely to grow. This number\u00a0does not<\/em>\u00a0represent\u00a0abortion pills<\/a>\u00a0being shipped into the country\u00a0illegally<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Virtual Abortion Pill Facilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

A report\u00a0published<\/a> last year by the Abortion Care Network (ACN), which analyzed<\/a> \u201cindependent abortion clinics\u201d referred to as IAC\u2019s or \u201cIndies<\/a>\u201d (and which excluded Planned Parenthood facilities, hospitals, and physician\u2019s offices) found that\u00a0 there were 143 online abortion pill dispensaries operating in 2023 (346 out of 489 independent abortion clinics were brick-and-mortars), nearly 43 more than what ACN estimated in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Virtual abortion businesses are far more\u00a0profitable<\/a>, because they require fewer overhead costs and are largely unregulated<\/a>. In addition, online abortion businesses often offer the abortion pill regimen\u00a0to\u00a0minors<\/a><\/em>\u00a0while\u00a0providing<\/a> less than a few minutes of implied care with little to no follow-up.<\/p>\n

However, the Guttmacher Institute recently claimed<\/a> that in total, “The number of US providers offering a telemedicine consultation\u2014by video, phone call, text or online platform\u2014and mailing abortion pills increased<\/a> from 7% of all providers known to offer medication abortion in 2020 to 31% in 2022.”<\/p>\n

“Online-only clinics, after first appearing as a new type of abortion provider in 2021, accounted for 8% of all abortions<\/a> provided within the formal health care system in the first six months of 2023,” the former “special affiliate” to Planned Parenthood added.<\/p>\n

According to Planned Parenthood’s president, “In 19 states where abortion is still legal, Planned Parenthood affiliates provide medication abortion via telehealth, allowing people who live far from health centers in those states to get the care they need without taking the time and resources to travel.”<\/p>\n

Prescribing Abortion Pills Past FDA Limits<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Live Action News series entitled \u201cBad Actors\u201d documented that the abortion industry is instructing women to take<\/a>\u00a0the drugs off-label, is\u00a0failing<\/a>\u00a0to properly date a pregnancy or rule out dangerous\u00a0ectopic pregnancy<\/a>\u00a0before prescribing the drugs, is\u00a0spending<\/a>\u00a0little to no time at follow-up, is\u00a0scheming to hide<\/a>\u00a0abortion pill related complications, and\u00a0much more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Industry statistics show that the\u00a0failure rates<\/a>\u00a0for the abortion pill regimen increase as the gestational age of the preborn baby increases. Yet, the abortion pill is being used well into the\u00a0second<\/a>\u00a0and even\u00a0third trimester<\/a> of pregnancy, well past the 70 days\/10 week limits approved by the FDA. In 2021<\/a>, chemical abortions recorded by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) revealed that nearly 1,000<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>were reported at gestational ages\u00a0above 13 weeks<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood\u2019s website<\/a> reveals that the abortion giant is also willing to prescribe the abortion pill past the FDA-approved gestational limit, and their own statistics reveal<\/a> that when they do, the abortion pill regimen is twice as likely to fail:<\/p>\n