{"id":309443,"date":"2024-04-18T08:55:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T13:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=309443"},"modified":"2024-04-17T11:34:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:34:10","slug":"increased-numbers-abortion-pill-stockpiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/increased-numbers-abortion-pill-stockpiling\/","title":{"rendered":"Could increased abortion numbers be the result of abortion pill stockpiling?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The stockpiling of abortion pills “just in case” is on the rise. Could this be the “elephant in the room” that explains, at least in part, why abortion numbers are increasing?<\/p>\n

In 2023, abortions reached the highest reported number in over a decade, as abortion pill use climbed to 63% of the \u201cestimated<\/a>\u00a01,026,690 abortions [which] occurred in the formal health care system in 2023,\u201d according to data\u00a0recently released<\/a> by the Guttmacher Institute, a former research arm and \u201cspecial affiliate\u201d of Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n

And while Guttmacher claimed its abortion pill counts don\u2019t include<\/a> those that \u201ctake place outside of the formal health care system\u201d or abortion pills that are \u201cmailed to people in states with total abortion bans\u201d it is clear abortion pill stockpiles<\/a> in states that allow killing preborn children could play a role in skewing the data.<\/p>\n

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Abortion pill stockpiles by Dem states (Image: Time.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

In April of 2023, Danco Laboratories, the manufacturer of mifepristone, claimed abortion pill orders had, according to a CNN report<\/a> about stockpiling, \u201cincreased substantially in recent months and are significantly higher than they were at this time last year.\u201d Demand for mifepristone was up among all types of customers, including clinics, pharmacies and individual providers, Danco\u2019s director of public affairs claimed\u00a0at that time.<\/p>\n

States Stockpile Abortion Pills<\/strong><\/p>\n

Live Action News has\u00a0previously documented<\/a> abortion pill stockpiles in multiple states. While mifepristone is the only drug approved by the FDA for the termination of pregnancy, some states are also stockpiling misoprostol, the companion drug used in the abortion pill regimen.<\/p>\n

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Riddle me this @US_FDA<\/a> requires prescribers + dispensers MUST be certified by abortion pill mfg Danco\/GBP + have ability to provide specific care. <\/p>\n

How are states #1) prescribers (clinicians) or dispensers (pharmacies) + able to stockpile abortion pills? https:\/\/t.co\/shq9nEuS7E<\/a><\/p>\n

— Carole Novielli (@CaroleNovielli) June 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n