{"id":2147252,"date":"2024-01-12T07:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T12:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/women-stockpiling-abortion-pills-are-also-storing-up-serious-health-risks\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T07:53:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T12:53:06","slug":"women-stockpiling-abortion-pills-are-also-storing-up-serious-health-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/women-stockpiling-abortion-pills-are-also-storing-up-serious-health-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Women hoarding abortion pills are putting their health at risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwomen-stockpiling-abortion-pills-are-also-storing-up-serious-health-risks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2147252&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women &#8220;Stocking Up&#8221;\u200b on Abortion Pills Amid Looming Restrictions<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Dallas \u200dMorning \u2064News recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/2024\/01\/03\/us-women-stocking-up-on-abortion-pills-especially-when-theres-news-about-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that women in\u2063 the United States are \u2064&#8221;stocking up&#8221; on abortion pills out of fear these drugs will become hard to source due to looming \u200brestrictions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, the Supreme Court will be <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/supreme-court-abortion-medication-drug-mifepristone-f763b93ef632e1767fd696caec686c21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruling<\/a> \u2063later this year on an <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-pill-restrictions-appeals-court-402be732d162af449c40ed1315cfb851\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appeal<\/a> by the Fifth\u2063 Circuit Court of Appeals limiting access by mail to \u200cmifepristone. The appellate court\u200d overturned a portion of the lower\u2064 court ruling rescinding the Federal Drug Administration&#8217;s long-standing approval of mifepristone. It left intact \u2063the\u2063 ability for women to acquire the drug by mail\u200d until a SCOTUS \u200bruling. Also left intact, however, were some restrictions, including the provision\u2064 that mifepristone\u200c only be administered in\u200b the \u2063presence of a \u2063physician \u200band only through the seventh week of pregnancy rather than the 10th.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1418299072\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7c9379fa670ad3d685a89aba7e151b13 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7c9379fa670ad3d685a89aba7e151b13\"><\/div>\n<p>In all of this, pro-abortion activists and the medical community at large \u2062have minimized the\u200d inherent risks of a pregnant \u200dwoman ingesting, unsupervised, the abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. These risks are real. \u2064But they are, at this time,\u200b ignored, even by\u2063 this country&#8217;s supposedly primary women&#8217;s medical support \u200cgroup, the American \u2063College of \u2062Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).<\/p>\n<p>In the not-too-distant past, \u2064an\u200d obstetrician would be considered negligent if he or she did not weigh the well-known and\u200b well-documented risks\u200d associated with an undiagnosed \u200dectopic\u200b pregnancy or the Rh status of a patient at the \u2062time of a miscarriage or abortion.<\/p>\n<p>So\u2063 what has changed? Certainly not the inherent risks of\u2063 these two complications.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Risk \u200dof Undiagnosed\u200b Ectopic Pregnancy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>An ectopic pregnancy is\u2062 one in which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-believe-pro-abortion-misinformation-what-to-know-about-ectopic-pregnancy-miscarriage-and-more\/\" title=\"Don\u2019t Believe Pro-Abortion Misinformation: What To Know About Ectopic Pregnancy, Miscarriage, And More\">fertilized egg implants<\/a> and establishes\u2064 itself \u2062outside the uterus, usually \u2063within \u200cthe lining of the fallopian tube. The issue for \u200cthe woman\u2062 who \u2063takes \u2063the abortion \u2062pill without the supervision of a physician is\u2062 that\u200b she might unknowingly have an ectopic pregnancy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-90c92db0026540a3d63b4ff0167e8e77 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-90c92db0026540a3d63b4ff0167e8e77\"><\/div>\n<p>Even though this is fairly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK539860\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rare<\/a>, I find it interesting that other conditions with a similar frequency of occurrence garner much more attention. Ovarian cancer is one such example. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.org\/cancer\/types\/ovarian-cancer\/about\/key-statistics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ovarian cancer<\/a> \u200d is a terrible disease, of course, but the incidence for \u2063both ovarian cancer and an ectopic pregnancy is about the same \u2014 approximately 1 in 80. Yet\u2064 if\u2063 any \u200cgroup advised\u2063 complacency regarding \u200da woman&#8217;s regular \u2063annual exams, it\u200b would be skewered by the \u2064media, and rightly so. One\u2062 to 2 percent is\u2064 rare \u200dbut not rare enough to ignore\u2063 a potentially serious risk\u200c and\u2064 look the other way.<\/p>\n<p>It is alarming the medical community is not telling \u200dwomen that ectopic pregnancy\u2064 can lead to catastrophic \u2063hemorrhage. \u200dIn\u200d 2021,\u2063 in this\u200c country alone, there were 1,205 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/hestat\/maternal-mortality\/2021\/maternal-mortality-rates-2021.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">maternal deaths<\/a>, up to 6\u2062 percent of which were the result of\u2064 an\u200d extensive intra-abdominal hemorrhage caused by a <a href=\"https:\/\/fertilityresearchandpractice.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s40738-015-0008-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruptured ectopic pregnancy<\/a>. \u2064That is about \u206372 deaths a year \u2014\u2062 nearly 1.5 per state.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-life and pro-abortion debates aside, no\u2064 woman should take\u200b abortion drugs without\u200c first being reassured she does not\u2064 have\u200c an ectopic pregnancy. Suppose she\u2062 obtains \u2062and takes mifepristone and misoprostol without evaluation or supervision, and\u200c she is \u200cthe unfortunate \u200d1 in 80 with an ectopic pregnancy. In that case, she\u2062 runs a very \u2064real risk \u2062of hemorrhage. When OB-GYNs in\u200c training were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/supreme-court-abortion-ruling-ignore-myths-ectopic-pregnancy-more-here-facts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">taught<\/a> in years past, &#8220;Don&#8217;t let the sun set on an ectopic pregnancy,&#8221; it was\u2062 for\u200d a\u200d very\u200c good reason.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Risk Of \u200cFuture Pregnancy Complications<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The second potential complication minimized by ACOG and the medical community is \u200bthe risk of Rh disease\u200b (Rh alloimmunization) in women who undergo an unsupervised medication-induced abortion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c4367eb3026ab29c5c05535e5bc04fa5 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c4367eb3026ab29c5c05535e5bc04fa5\"><\/div>\n<p>Every\u2064 human regardless of his or her blood type (A, \u200bB, AB, or O),\u2062 is either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/tests-procedures\/rh-factor\/about\/pac-20394960#:~:text=Rh%20factor%20is%20an%20inherited,Rh%20positive%20or%20Rh%20negative.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rh negative or Rh positive<\/a>. In\u200b this country, approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carterbloodcare.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/01\/the-significance-of-being-rh-negative-or-rh-positive\/#:~:text=In%20the%20United%20States%2C%20approximately,genetics%2C%20one%20from%20each%20parent.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">15 percent<\/a> of the population is Rh(-) while the remaining majority are \u2064Rh(+).<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to\u200c pregnancy, if an \u200dRh(-)\u2064 woman is carrying an Rh(+) baby \u2062\u2014\u2063 which is the most likely scenario \u2014 the woman&#8217;s \u200dimmune system will \u2062recognize the Rh(+) protein \u2062(referred to as Rh(D) or big\u2062 D) contained \u2062in her baby&#8217;s blood and\u200c create antibodies that can and ultimately will attack the red blood cells of the\u2063 unborn baby.\u2063 This causes a potentially \u200blethal condition referred to as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanfordchildrens.org\/en\/topic\/default?id=hydrops-fetalis-90-P02374#:~:text=about%20hydrops%20fetalis-,Hydrops%20fetalis%20is%20severe%20swelling%20(edema)%20in%20an%20unborn%20baby,with%20hydrops%20don't%20survive.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hydrops<\/a>. The first exposure (and\u2063 antibody response) to \u2064the big D protein or\u2062 antigen is \u2063relatively benign, but in each successive pregnancy, the condition worsens if the baby she is\u200c carrying is Rh(+).<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the 1970s \u200band the introduction of the prevention of Rh disease in\u200b the \u2064form of Rh(D)-immune globulin \u200b(an \u200binjected antibody that coats or &#8220;hides&#8221; \u200cthe antigen), the <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/j.0041-1132.2003.00632.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mortality rate<\/a> for the unborn child was 4\/1,000 live births. \u2064Now, when properly managed, this risk is \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acog.org\/clinical\/clinical-guidance\/practice-bulletin\/articles\/2017\/08\/prevention-of-rh-d-alloimmunization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">minimal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is an established fact that after a certain gestational\u2064 age (that exact \u200cage\u200b is uncertain) the fetal blood of an Rh-positive baby \u2062can mingle\u200d with that of an Rh-negative mother\u200d and trigger the immune response\u200c that results in alloimmunization. This is why ACOG\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/greenjournal\/fulltext\/2017\/08000\/practice_bulletin_no__181__prevention_of_rh_d.54.aspx#:~:text=Prophylactic%20anti%2DD%20immune%20globulin,within%2072%20hours%20of%20delivery.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recommends<\/a> that Rh(D)-immune\u200d globulin be administered \u200bto every Rh(-) woman at 28 weeks of\u2064 pregnancy and even \u200dafter she delivers if her baby&#8217;s blood type is determined to be Rh(+).<\/p>\n<p>ACOG&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acog.org\/clinical\/clinical-guidance\/practice-bulletin\/articles\/2018\/11\/early-pregnancy-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">current position<\/a> on this issue is straightforward. Within their Protocol for Medical Management of Early Pregnancy Loss\u200c they state: &#8220;Women \u200dwho are Rh(D) negative and unsensitized should\u200d receive Rh(D)-immune globulin within 72 hours of the first misoprostol administration.&#8221; However, if alloimmunization has already \u2064occurred, Rh(D)-immune globulin will serve no useful purpose.<\/p>\n<p>The incidence of Rh \u200balloimmunization will surely increase \u200dwith \u200bthe availability\u200c of \u2064abortion \u2063drugs by mail.\u2064 Without supervision, \u2064a woman \u200dmight \u2063induce an abortion without knowing her\u2063 Rh status.\u2062 If she is Rh(-), \u2062and if \u200calloimmunization has already occurred, she will be \u2063forever straddled with the associated risks of Rh alloimmunization in all subsequent pregnancies in which she is carrying an Rh(+) \u2063baby.<\/p>\n<p>So\u200d why haven&#8217;t ACOG\u2063 or other organizations purporting to protect women spoken out about these risks? It&#8217;s time the American Academy of Family Physicians and ACOG take a stand and advocate \u200cfor \u200dthe safety of\u2063 women contemplating an unsupervised medical\u200b abortion.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are \u200dthe \u200bpotential dangers and risks associated with\u200c unsupervised \u2064ingestion of\u200d mifepristone and\u200d misoprostol\u200d in\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abortion-bill-providers-look-to-circumvent-pro-life-states\/\" title=\"Abortion Bill Providers Look to Circumvent Pro-Life States\">medication-induced abortions<\/a>?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Common misconception that medication-induced abortions do not carry significant risks. However,\u2062 recent reports of women\u2064 &#8220;stocking up&#8221; on abortion pills in anticipation of looming restrictions shed light on \u2063the potential dangers that these drugs pose.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court \u200dis set to rule\u2062 on an appeal\u200b that could limit access\u2062 to the abortion pill, mifepristone, by mail. Currently, women can\u2064 acquire the drug through mail order, but the ability to do so may be\u200b revoked. While some restrictions have been\u2063 left intact, such as \u200cthe requirement for a physician&#8217;s presence \u2062and the limitation to the \u2063first seven weeks\u2064 of pregnancy, women are still concerned about the future availability of these pills.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2062the midst \u2062of this \u2062debate, pro-abortion activists and the\u200d medical community, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), \u2062have downplayed the inherent risks associated with \u200cunsupervised\u2063 ingestion of mifepristone \u200cand misoprostol. It \u2064is concerning that these risks are being ignored,\u2064 especially since they have long been \u2064acknowledged by the medical \u2062community.<\/p>\n<p>One \u2064significant risk is the \u2062possibility of an \u2064undiagnosed ectopic\u200d pregnancy. An ectopic \u2064pregnancy occurs when the fertilized egg implants outside the\u2063 uterus,\u200d typically in the fallopian \u2063tube. If a woman \u2063takes the abortion pill without medical supervision, \u2063she may unknowingly have\u2062 an ectopic pregnancy, which can lead to catastrophic hemorrhage. \u2062The incidence of ectopic pregnancy is approximately \u200c1 in 80, comparable to\u200c the incidence of ovarian cancer. Yet, the medical community does not hesitate to address the risks associated\u2064 with ovarian cancer, while disregarding those of ectopic pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>Another potential complication that is being downplayed is the risk of Rh disease (Rh\u2064 alloimmunization) in women who undergo \u2063unsupervised medication-induced abortions.\u200c Rh\u200d disease occurs when an Rh-negative woman carries an Rh-positive baby. In\u200d such \u2062cases, the woman&#8217;s immune system recognizes the Rh-positive protein in the baby&#8217;s blood and develops antibodies that \u2064can attack the baby&#8217;s red blood\u2063 cells. This can lead to a potentially lethal condition known as hydrops. Prior to \u200bthe introduction of prevention methods in the 1970s, the mortality rate for \u2064unborn children\u2064 affected by Rh\u200b disease was high. However, with\u2064 proper management through Rh(D)-immune globulin, this risk has become minimal.<\/p>\n<p>It is critical that women\u200b are fully informed about these potential complications before considering medication-induced \u2064abortions. Obtaining and\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-fda-does-not-support-providers-giving-out-abortion-pills-to-women-who-arent-pregnant\/\" title=\"Report: FDA Does Not Support Providers Giving Out Abortion Pills To Women Who Aren\u2019t Pregnant\">taking abortion pills<\/a> without evaluation or\u200c supervision can be \u200clife-threatening if a woman has an undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy or is\u200d at risk \u2062of Rh disease. While \u2064debates about abortion rights continue, it is imperative that the \u2063medical\u2062 community educates women about the risks involved \u2064and ensures their safety.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the recent reports of\u2063 women stockpiling abortion pills highlight concerns about \u200bfuture restrictions \u2062on access to these drugs. However, it\u200b is crucial to\u200c address the inherent risks associated\u2062 with medication-induced abortions. The medical\u200b community and pro-abortion \u200cactivists must acknowledge these risks, including the possibility of undiagnosed ectopic pregnancies and the \u2062potential for Rh disease, in order to prioritize the safety and well-being \u2062of\u2062 women seeking abortions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As per The Dallas Morning News, American women are hoarding abortion pills like misoprostol and mifepristone due to concerns about limited availability caused by upcoming restrictions. The Supreme Court is set to decide on an appeal by the Fifth Circuit Court, which adds to the uncertainty surrounding this issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2697,"featured_media":2147253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2147252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2147252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2697"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2147252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2147252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2147253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2147252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2147252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2147252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}