{"id":94085,"date":"2016-05-10T13:26:12","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T18:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=94085"},"modified":"2021-07-14T21:30:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T02:30:09","slug":"louisiana-pushes-for-study-on-abortion-pill-reversal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-pushes-for-study-on-abortion-pill-reversal\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana pushes for study on abortion pill reversal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>On Monday, the Louisiana House of Representatives <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetowntalk.com\/story\/news\/2016\/05\/09\/resolution-study-abortion-reversal-procedure-passes-house\/84157458\/\">voted<\/a> unanimously for a resolution calling on the Department of Health and Hospitals to study the effectiveness of abortion pill reversal. It now goes to the Senate for their vote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We wanted to make sure it works,\u201d bill sponsor Rep. Frank Hoffmann (R) said of his decision to push for a study before mandating that abortionists inform their patients of reversal. Abortion advocates have opposed mandates in other states by characterizing abortion pill reversal as &#8220;junk science.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Hoffmann says the push was originally inspired by hearing Abortion Pill Reversal medical director George Delgado report a 55% success rate for the procedure at the state Right to Life Conference.<\/p>\n<p>He further argued that as long as abortion pill reversal has a sound medical basis, requiring information on it should be no more controversial than any number of existing informational requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The abortion pill procedure is explained in the video below by former abortionist, Dr. Anthony Levatino:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lRDnVSMr5j0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Last week, Live Action News <a href=\"\/news\/doctor-saves-over-100-babies-from-abortion-through-pill-reversal-procedure\/\">detailed<\/a> how a total of 175 babies so far have been successfully saved by abortion pill reversal, which consists of administering enough progesterone to <a href=\"http:\/\/abortionpillreversal.com\">counteract<\/a> the progesterone-blocking effects of the RU-486 abortion pill (mifepristone).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the Louisiana House of Representatives voted unanimously for a resolution calling on the Department of Health and Hospitals to study the effectiveness of abortion pill reversal. It now goes to the Senate for their vote. &#8220;We wanted to make sure it works,\u201d bill sponsor Rep. 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