{"id":17018,"date":"2024-03-15T12:46:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T12:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/15\/hold-fda-accountable-for-placing-abortion-advocacy-above-womens-health\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T12:46:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T12:46:55","slug":"hold-fda-accountable-for-placing-abortion-advocacy-above-womens-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/15\/hold-fda-accountable-for-placing-abortion-advocacy-above-womens-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Hold FDA accountable\u00a0for\u00a0placing abortion advocacy above women\u2019s health"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ll never\u00a0forget the day that I spoke to Monty, the father of a young woman, Holly, who had died as the result of chemical abortion at the age of 18. She had graduated\u00a0from\u00a0high school a few months earlier and went to a local Planned Parenthood\u00a0for\u00a0the abortion drugs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She died of septic shock a few weeks later.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Monty, a man who identified as being \u2018pro-choice,\u2019 told me that he wanted to do everything possible to teach people about the dangers of chemical abortion.<\/p>\n

The sad reality is that chemical abortions \u2013 or abortion drugs \u2013 are much harder on women\u2019s health and present many health complications. In fact, the\u00a0Food and Drug Administration\u2019s label\u00a0for\u00a0abortion drugs\u00a0warns that roughly one in 25 women taking the drugs will end up in the emergency room.<\/p>\n

Soon oral arguments will happen at the Supreme Court in the case\u00a0FDA v. Alliance\u00a0for\u00a0Hippocratic Medicine, in which the court will\u00a0examine whether the Food and Drug Administration has failed\u00a0to do the very job it was created\u00a0for, to\u00a0protect the public\u2019s health by ensuring the safety and efficacy of drugs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I would argue that the FDA is doing a profound disservice to women and girls everywhere in the name of abortion.<\/p>\n

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In 2000, when the FDA first approved\u00a0the use of abortion drugs \u2013 the combined regimen of mifepristone and misoprostol \u2013 to terminate a pregnancy, they instituted safety standards in light of inherent risks associated with chemical abortions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was required that women be seen by a doctor when taking abortion drugs and that they be seen prior to and cared\u00a0for\u00a0during the process. This was crucial to protect the safety of the woman taking these drugs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Additionally, prescribers were\u00a0required to report\u00a0all serious complications (adverse events) that arose to the FDA, which were then made public through a website.<\/p>\n

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Inexplicably, in 2016, the FDA removed most of these safety standards, reducing the number of in-person doctor visits\u00a0for\u00a0a woman seeking a chemical abortion\u00a0from\u00a0three to one, removing all prescriber reporting requirements except in the case of death, and extending the period of time in which it is \u2018safe\u2019\u00a0for\u00a0a woman to take the drug\u00a0from\u00a0seven to 10 weeks, putting women and young girls at greater risk.<\/p>\n

Even worse, in 2021, the FDA\u00a0completely eliminated the in-person dispensing requirement\u00a0for\u00a0mifepristone, allowing the drug to be obtained through the mail without ever seeing a medical professional in-person.<\/p>\n

Abortion drugs distributed via mail, over state lines and\u00a0across borders, have created additional hazards\u00a0for\u00a0women seeking them. Effectively, all meaningful safety measures were eliminated, leaving women in grave risk of complications.<\/p>\n

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For\u00a0example, consider that without having an in-person doctor visit, a woman will not confirm the true gestational age of her unborn child or whether she has a dangerous ectopic pregnancy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If a woman were to have an undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy and then take the abortion drugs, she will very likely face extreme health complications or even loss of\u00a0life\u00a0because the typical adverse reactions to abortion drugs resemble those of a\u00a0life-threatening ruptured ectopic pregnancy.<\/p>\n

According to the FDA\u2019s\u00a0limited\u00a0data collection, since the drug was approved in 2000, 4,218 women experienced adverse effects of the drug, 1,049 were hospitalized, 604 experienced severe blood loss, and 418 have had infections.<\/p>\n

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Tragically, as many as 32 women that we know of have died after such complications\u00a0from\u00a0the abortion drug.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Alyona Dixon tragically lost her\u00a0life\u00a0after taking the abortion drugs.\u00a0She contracted sepsis after the abortion. The infection was left undiagnosed and ultimately took her\u00a0life. Her husband lost his wife and her son lost his mother. This likely would have been prevented \u2013\u00a0her\u00a0life\u00a0likely would have been saved\u00a0\u2013 if appropriate safety regulations were in place.<\/p>\n

Abortion drugs also often carry a heartbreakingly heftier emotional toll, as the woman becomes the abortionist, ingesting the pills, and often tragically sees her baby pass. The sad reality is that many women face mental health\u00a0repercussions\u00a0in the months and years after an abortion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Numerous studies have shown that women who have abortions show\u00a0higher rates\u00a0of depression, anxiety, PTSD and substance abuse. My heart breaks\u00a0for\u00a0any woman who goes through this scenario. At the\u00a0March\u00a0for\u00a0Life, we try to always emphasize that there can be hope and healing after abortion.<\/p>\n

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Women and girls\u00a0deserve so much better than the grave risks they are now exposed to with the negligent elimination of critical FDA safeguards around abortion drugs.\u00a0They should have access to ongoing in-person care\u00a0from\u00a0a licensed doctor when taking these drugs. They\u00a0deserve protection, care, guidance and, above all else, love and support.<\/p>\n

My hope is that the court will hold the FDA accountable\u00a0for\u00a0placing abortion advocacy above women\u2019s health and reinstate commonsense standards and protections surrounding the distribution of abortion drugs.<\/p>\n

For\u00a0women like Holly or Alyona, such standards in place could have meant the difference between\u00a0life\u00a0or death. Until that happens, we at the\u00a0March\u00a0for\u00a0Life\u00a0will continue our work so that no woman believes chemical abortion is her only option, and instead knows that the pro-life\u00a0movement is here to support and protect every woman and every child.<\/p>\n\n

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I\u2019ll never\u00a0forget the day that I spoke to Monty, the father of a young woman, Holly, who had died as the result of chemical abortion at the age of 18. She had graduated\u00a0from\u00a0high school a few months earlier and went to a local Planned Parenthood\u00a0for\u00a0the abortion drugs.\u00a0 She died of septic shock a few weeks <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}