ER visits rise after fewer abortion pill restrictions
The emergency room visitation rate for abortion complications appears to have increased since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration removed guardrails on the use of the abortion pill.
The emergency room visitation rate for abortion complications appears to have increased since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration removed guardrails on the use of the abortion pill.
“It really felt like peer pressure in there,” she said of her discussion with the technician.
After consuming the first abortion pill, Lynette later sat in her home questioning her choice, and then she began scrolling through her phone. She tried to force herself to vomit, but she was unable to do so.
Mackenna learned she was pregnant in late December 2023 and in January 2024 she took the first abortion pill from the “abortion kit” she received in the mail.
“Immediately upon taking that drug I regretted that decision,” Mackenna said.
The study found that “women who visit emergency rooms after taking abortion pills are more likely to be seen for serious medical problems than their cohorts whose pregnancies end with surgical abortions or live births.”
“I speak for the women who are facing emotional, mental, and physical abuse. For the women who find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. For the women scared for their life, and their child’s. For the women who are told that abortion is their only option.”
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