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A primary source for this story chose to remain anonymous to maintain her privacy. The\u00a0<\/i>Denver Catholic Register\u00a0changed her name to \u201cKim\u201d to accommodate her request.<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Woman\"Kim, 32, was frantic when she left the Planned Parenthood clinic in Fort Collins Saturday afternoon. As soon as she took the first dose of the abortion pill, she knew she\u2019d made a mistake. She pulled over in a nearby church parking lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started trying to throw up right away,\u201d she said, struggling to speak as she recalled the traumatic day last September when she was grappling with how to proceed with her pregnancy. \u201cI just kept forcing myself to throw up until I couldn\u2019t taste the pill anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time, she searched the Internet for \u201cabortion reversal\u201d on her smartphone. That search landed her at\u00a0www.abortionpillreversal.com<\/a>\u00a0and their 24-7 hotline. Her call ultimately connected her with Dr. Edwin Anselmi, a physician with Our Lady of Hope Medical Clinic in Centennial.<\/p>\n

Anselmi advised her to come directly to the clinic. About two hours had elapsed from the time she took the pill when she arrived at his office. There he examined her, did an ultrasound\u2014including listening to the baby\u2019s heartbeat\u2014and immediately began a protocol to reverse the effects of the drug.<\/p>\n

How it works
\n<\/b>Kim had taken mifepristone, also known as the abortion pill. It has been available in the United States as an oral tablet since 2000 and is also referred to as RU-486 and the brand name Mifiprex. According to the Food and Drug Administration, it can be used to terminate a pregnancy up to 49 days after the first day of the last menstrual period.<\/p>\n

Kim was about nine weeks along when she took it. The drug is administered under supervision in a medical facility, in her case at Planned Parenthood; and it induces abortion by counteracting the hormone progesterone needed to maintain a pregnancy. Without progesterone, placenta\u2014a structure that develops in the uterus during pregnancy\u2014fails, cutting off oxygen and nutrition to an embryo.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I went in they were still giving me the option of the pill or the machine,\u201d she said. \u201cThey were really pushing the machine saying \u2018We all agree we\u2019d do the machine, it\u2019s less emotional.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe machine\u201d is a suction device that empties the uterus, commonly called aspiration or vacuum aspiration. Planned Parenthood personnel recommended it as a way to \u201cget it over-with,\u201d \u201cget it done fast,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

However Kim chose the pill, rationalizing that it wasn\u2019t really an abortion.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will just look like a miscarriage,\u201d she told herself. \u201cI knew in my heart it was wrong. \u2026 I was praying the whole time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Dr.

Dr. Edwin Anselmi at his Centennial clinic, Our Lady of Hope.<\/p><\/div>\n

Just in time
\n<\/b>God answered her prayers by connecting her with Anselmi before she continued to the next step of the abortion pill process. Following mifepristone, a second drug, misoprostol, is taken 36 to 72 hours later. Misoprostol causes contractions to expel the fetus, a process that can range from a few hours to a few days.<\/p>\n

To block the effects of mifepristone, Anselmi launched a protocol developed by Doctors George Delgado and Mary Davenport described in their case study \u201cProgesterone Use to Reverse the Effects of Mifepristone\u201d published in \u201cThe Annals of Pharmacotherapy\u201d December 2012. It involves progesterone injec<\/p>\n

tions for three consecutive days, followed by an injection every other day for two weeks, then continued progesterone twice a week until the end of the first trimester.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was amazing,\u201d Kim said of Anselmi. \u201cHe was so kind and loving and gentle. He\u2019s really an exceptional person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anslemi, a parishioner of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Latin Rite Church in Littleton, has been practicing pro-life family medicine for 20 years since graduating from Columbia University in New York in 1994. He is currently the only doctor in the Denver-metro area providing the progesterone protocol to reverse the abortion pill, though he would like to see more join the network started by Delgado that currently stands at 140 doctors across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re pro-life,\u201d he said. \u201cHere\u2019s something you can do directly. I don\u2019t know what the outcome would\u2019ve been (with Kim) if we didn\u2019t give her progesterone.\u201d<\/p>\n

What the future holds
\n<\/b>Kim, now 32 weeks pregnant, is excited to welcome her son in early May, along with his father. The couple plans to marry next summer. When facing the reality of an unexpected pregnancy last August, she was between jobs, had no health insurance, and was considering moving from Denver. Today she is employed full-time, secure in her relationship and \u201cat peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had a lot of anxiety,\u201d she said. \u201cBut at the same time I know God is the one with the ultimate say here. So far, he\u2019s done nothing but carry me and carry the baby. \u2026 It took me a while to get here, but now I\u2019m really excited, I\u2019m really happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anselmi has been contacted by two other women: in one case he successfully reversed the abortion pill two days after the patient ingested mifepristone; and the other woman called with questions but in the end, did not receive treatment.<\/p>\n

Since the website was established in January 2013, 330 women have called the hotline seeking abortion reversal counseling, 100 of them received the progesterone protocol, and 60 of those pregnancies continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have 18 living babies and 42 pregnant moms right now,\u201d according to Debbie Bradel, coordinator of the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there\u2019s any way to help a woman that wants to keep her pregnancy, I want to do it,\u201d said Anselmi, who provides the progesterone at no charge. \u201cBabies are so precious.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information, visit\u00a0www.abortionpillreversal.com<\/a>\u00a0or call 877-558-0333.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: This article was first published at the <\/em>Denver Catholic Register<\/a> on March 13, 2014, and is reprinted here by permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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