The Next Abortion Battleground: Chemical Abortion, by Patrina Mosley

By Patrina Mosley, Family Research Council, Jan. 2020

The Mifeprex abortion pill regimen is used for aborting babies that are up to 10 weeks old (see above image), at which point the baby already has a head, hands, feet, fingers, and toes. The baby also has a heartbeat and brain activity.

The number of abortions being performed in the United States continues to decline annually and is currently at its lowest level since Roe v. Wade. Yet the rate of chemical abortions in the United States is at an all-time high. This rapid increase is primarily being driven by the abortion industry, which regards drug-based, do-it-yourself abortions as the best way to get around the many state-level pro-life laws being enacted around our country. Such abortions are accomplished through the abortion pill regimen, distributed under the brand name Mifeprex, which is subject to the FDA’s drug safety program—Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS)—because it carries such life-threatening risks. The abortion industry wants to remove the FDA’s REMS in order to have abortion pills available through the pharmacy and the mail, making do-it-yourself abortions the future of the abortion industry.  ….

Read more here  https://www.frc.org/chemicalabortion