liveaction--2020-01-15--Report: Missouri abortion facility closings cut abortion rate in half

According to a preliminary report from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services ( DHSS ) , abortions in Missouri decreased about 50 percent from 2018 to 2019 , after two abortion facilities closed and the state ’ s only remaining abortion facility lost its abortion license .
From January 1 through November 15 , 2019 , 1,354 preborn children were killed through abortion at Reproductive Health Services Planned Parenthood ( RHS ) in St. Louis .
In 2018 , 2,910 abortions were committed at the three abortion facilities in existence at the time .
That ’ s a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ preliminary data from the state DHSS .
According to the pro-life watchdog group Operation Rescue , an abortion pill facility in Kansas City and a surgical abortion facility in Columbia , both Planned Parenthood affiliates , stopped committing abortions in 2018 .
Of the 1,354 abortions carried out at RHS Planned Parenthood in St. Louis during the first 11 months of 2019 , 1,040 were suction curettage procedures committed during the first trimester ( down from 2,047 in 2018 ) .
In 2019 , 307 were done using the Dilation and Evacuation procedure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or dismemberment abortions ( down from 501 in 2018 ) .
Chemical abortions ( the abortion pill ) and non-surgical abortions accounted for six abortions in Missouri in 2019 , down from 359 in 2018 .
Also in 2018 , the report lists an “ intrauterine instillation ” abortion at 21 weeks and over , potentially pointing to a saline abortion , which burns the preborn child alive in the womb .
Fifty-one of the 2018 D & E abortions were done past 21 weeks .
According to Operation Rescue , this sudden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to RHS Planned Parenthood ’ s refusal to cooperate with a Missouri law requiring a pelvic exam prior to dispensing abortion drugs to women .
A pelvic exam would help detect underlying conditions , such as ectopic pregnancy , that could cause complications with the abortion pill .
RHS Planned Parenthood decided to send abortion pill patients to an office across the border in Belleville , Illinois , in order to avoid performing pelvic exams .
In October , that Belleville facility closed following the opening of a new Planned Parenthood location in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both surgical and chemical abortions .
This facility , in its first week of opening , summoned an ambulance for a patient .
Thanks to new laws passed in Missouri regarding abortion reporting , the Missouri DHSS is now able to learn more about abortion complications that occur .
In 2019 , there were 83 abortion complications reported — 17 occurred at RHS Planned Parenthood , 63 occurred at out-of-state facilities , and three occurred in unknown locations .
Of those 83 complications , the majority — 53 — were from the abortion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not as safe as the abortion industry would have women believe .
Pelvic exams may have prevented those complications .
RHS Planned Parenthood has come to be known as a dangerous facility with 75 known cases of causing serious injury to women , requiring emergency transport .
The facility refused to allow DHSS to interview the abortionists behind the botched abortions .
The report also states that RHS Planned Parenthood received 12 deficiencies during inspections in 2019 , none of which were corrected .
There were also seven complaints filed against the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reasoning behind DHSS ’ decision to revoke RHS Planned Parenthood ’ s surgical abortion license last year .
Despite all of this , the facility has been allowed to remain open and continues to commit abortions without a license .
Editor ’ s Note , 1/15/20 : This article originally stated a 78 percent decrease in abortions based on incorrect information on the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services website .
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According to a preliminary report from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), abortions in Missouri decreased about 50 percent from 2018 to 2019, after two abortion facilities closed and the state’s only remaining abortion facility lost its abortion license.
From January 1 through November 15, 2019, 1,354 preborn children were killed through abortion at Reproductive Health Services Planned Parenthood (RHS) in St. Louis. In 2018, 2,910 abortions were committed at the three abortion facilities in existence at the time. That’s a 53 percent decrease in abortions based on preliminary data from the state DHSS.
According to the pro-life watchdog group Operation Rescue, an abortion pill facility in Kansas City and a surgical abortion facility in Columbia, both Planned Parenthood affiliates, stopped committing abortions in 2018.
Of the 1,354 abortions carried out at RHS Planned Parenthood in St. Louis during the first 11 months of 2019, 1,040 were suction curettage procedures committed during the first trimester (down from 2,047 in 2018). In 2019, 307 were done using the Dilation and Evacuation procedure, also known as D&E or dismemberment abortions (down from 501 in 2018). Chemical abortions (the abortion pill) and non-surgical abortions accounted for six abortions in Missouri in 2019, down from 359 in 2018. Also in 2018, the report lists an “intrauterine instillation” abortion at 21 weeks and over, potentially pointing to a saline abortion, which burns the preborn child alive in the womb.
Fifty-one of the 2018 D&E abortions were done past 21 weeks.

According to Operation Rescue, this sudden drop in abortion pill use is due to RHS Planned Parenthood’s refusal to cooperate with a Missouri law requiring a pelvic exam prior to dispensing abortion drugs to women. A pelvic exam would help detect underlying conditions, such as ectopic pregnancy, that could cause complications with the abortion pill. RHS Planned Parenthood decided to send abortion pill patients to an office across the border in Belleville, Illinois, in order to avoid performing pelvic exams. In October, that Belleville facility closed following the opening of a new Planned Parenthood location in Fairview Heights, Illinois, that commits both surgical and chemical abortions. This facility, in its first week of opening, summoned an ambulance for a patient.
READ: Planned Parenthood mega-facility injures woman within a week of opening
Thanks to new laws passed in Missouri regarding abortion reporting, the Missouri DHSS is now able to learn more about abortion complications that occur. In 2019, there were 83 abortion complications reported — 17 occurred at RHS Planned Parenthood, 63 occurred at out-of-state facilities, and three occurred in unknown locations.
Of those 83 complications, the majority — 53 — were from the abortion pill, proving that the abortion pill is not as safe as the abortion industry would have women believe. Pelvic exams may have prevented those complications.
RHS Planned Parenthood has come to be known as a dangerous facility with 75 known cases of causing serious injury to women, requiring emergency transport. The facility refused to allow DHSS to interview the abortionists behind the botched abortions.
The report also states that RHS Planned Parenthood received 12 deficiencies during inspections in 2019, none of which were corrected. There were also seven complaints filed against the facility. Those unaddressed issues were the reasoning behind DHSS’ decision to revoke RHS Planned Parenthood’s surgical abortion license last year.
Despite all of this, the facility has been allowed to remain open and continues to commit abortions without a license.
Editor’s Note, 1/15/20: This article originally stated a 78 percent decrease in abortions based on incorrect information on the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services website. The DHSS has been notified of their error and this article has been updated to reflect the correct amount of recorded abortions in Missouri in 2018.
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liveaction--2020-01-17--Abortion advocate to women: Get pills from veterinarians if desperate for DIY abortions

A January 9th article on JewishCurrents.org , a “ magazine committed to the rich tradition of thought , activism , and culture of the Jewish left ” breezily instructs readers on “ self-managed abortions , ” a.k.a .
procuring your own pills and undergoing an abortion unsupervised at your own home .
The article starts out with a disclaimer of sorts , in which the author admits she has no legal or medical background — and this is very clear , especially given that the method the author advocates is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for abortion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ currently working for climate justice in New York .
She has also run electoral campaigns and once wrote a sex ed advice column for teens.
” What ’ s particularly striking about this article isn ’ t just the subject matter , but the tone .
Setting aside the questionable legality of attempting an at-home abortion , the casual tone the author uses belies the actual devastatingly bloody , messy , terrifying experience of undergoing a chemical abortion ( abortion pill ) .
In fact , a cartoon featured on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taken the abortion pill sitting peacefully on the sofa reading , with ginger ale and chips nearby .
This is in no way the reality experienced by many women who have described it as a horrifying , scary , excruciating process .
What ’ s also disturbing is that while taking Misoprostol only for an abortion isn ’ t FDA approved , the author says she obtained this information from groups like Women on Web and others , which are illegally distributing abortion drugs worldwide .
Some have even been warned by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ activities .
And yet , this author points to these organizations as the experts in this arena .
Abortion advocates used to claim that doctors were necessary for the safety of women when it comes to abortion ; now , it appears they have abandoned all pretense and push for no medical oversight whatsoever , putting women ’ s lives at risk .
The author describes who shouldn ’ t attempt an at-home abortion , but fails to include the safety tidbit that one of the reasons women are required to go to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so that an ultrasound can be performed .
An ultrasound dates the pregnancy ( age of the preborn baby ) , which is important since abortion by medication is only done up until 10 weeks since the woman ’ s last menstrual period started , and also verifies that the pregnancy is not ectopic .
An ectopic pregnancy can threaten the mother ’ s life .
The article next gets down to the nitty-gritty of what drugs are needed , and how much .
To her credit , the author acknowledges that chemical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clinic setting typically include two pills — one to kill the baby via cutting off its nutrient supply ( Mifepristone ) and one to cause uterine contractions to expel its dead body ( Misoprostol ) .
“ Self-managed abortions , ” on the other hand , only include Misoprostol , because Mifepristone is virtually impossible to come by without a prescription .
Still , the article cheerily notes that 85 % of women will abort successfully with just the Misoprostol , a positive reframing of the fact that more than 1 in 10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this method .
READ : Five Malaysian women dead from ‘ DIY ’ abortions using pills bought online Shockingly , women seeking an at-home abortion are recommended to obtain Misoprostol in one of three deceptive ways : a ) by lying to a pharmacist about why the drug is needed , b ) by getting pills from a veterinarian ’ s office , since it is sometimes prescribed to animals , or c ) by purchasing pills from a questionable online pharmacy without a prescription .
The author notes , “ A 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ internet found that the pills from all 18 sites studied contained the labeled active ingredients at more or less the written dose.
” ( emphasis added ) This should give women pause .
The author encourages women to stay within an hour of the hospital after they take the pills , “ just in case ” the common side effects of nausea , diarrhea , abdominal pain , bleeding , dizziness , headache , fever , and chills become unbearable .
What ’ s more , the article recommends , “ Just like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is easier and safer with a friend.
” As made horrifically clear by multiple scenes in the 2019 film “ Unplanned , ” as well as women ’ s real-life testimonials posted elsewhere , there is nothing of glorious autonomy in taking the abortion pill .
The film portrayed its lead character ’ s experience as she had portrayed in years before in writing : doubled over in pain , surrounded by blood in her shower , looking like something akin to a scene from a horror movie .
The article makes no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s psyche when her own home , a place that ’ s meant to be a sanctuary , becomes a place of death .
There ’ s no warning that the woman may even see her own child ’ s dead body pass out of her body into the toilet .
While the article appears frank , straightforward , and matter-of-fact in tone , these stomach-churning details are completely omitted .
At-home abortions have been touted as a safe , private way to undergo an abortion , but characterizing them that way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sorts of unpleasant facts .
Women deserve better .
Women deserve the truth .
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A January 9th article on JewishCurrents.org, a “magazine committed to the rich tradition of thought, activism, and culture of the Jewish left” breezily instructs readers on “self-managed abortions,” a.k.a. procuring your own pills and undergoing an abortion unsupervised at your own home. The article starts out with a disclaimer of sorts, in which the author admits she has no legal or medical background — and this is very clear, especially given that the method the author advocates is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for abortion. The author’s bio reads, “currently working for climate justice in New York. She has also run electoral campaigns and once wrote a sex ed advice column for teens.”
What’s particularly striking about this article isn’t just the subject matter, but the tone. Setting aside the questionable legality of attempting an at-home abortion, the casual tone the author uses belies the actual devastatingly bloody, messy, terrifying experience of undergoing a chemical abortion (abortion pill). In fact, a cartoon featured on the site shows a woman who has just taken the abortion pill sitting peacefully on the sofa reading, with ginger ale and chips nearby. This is in no way the reality experienced by many women who have described it as a horrifying, scary, excruciating process.
What’s also disturbing is that while taking Misoprostol only for an abortion isn’t FDA approved, the author says she obtained this information from groups like Women on Web and others, which are illegally distributing abortion drugs worldwide. Some have even been warned by the FDA to cease and desist in their activities. And yet, this author points to these organizations as the experts in this arena.
Abortion advocates used to claim that doctors were necessary for the safety of women when it comes to abortion; now, it appears they have abandoned all pretense and push for no medical oversight whatsoever, putting women’s lives at risk.

The author describes who shouldn’t attempt an at-home abortion, but fails to include the safety tidbit that one of the reasons women are required to go to abortion facilities to get the pills is so that an ultrasound can be performed. An ultrasound dates the pregnancy (age of the preborn baby), which is important since abortion by medication is only done up until 10 weeks since the woman’s last menstrual period started, and also verifies that the pregnancy is not ectopic. An ectopic pregnancy can threaten the mother’s life.
The article next gets down to the nitty-gritty of what drugs are needed, and how much. To her credit, the author acknowledges that chemical abortions (abortion pill) in a clinic setting typically include two pills — one to kill the baby via cutting off its nutrient supply (Mifepristone) and one to cause uterine contractions to expel its dead body (Misoprostol). “Self-managed abortions,” on the other hand, only include Misoprostol, because Mifepristone is virtually impossible to come by without a prescription. Still, the article cheerily notes that 85% of women will abort successfully with just the Misoprostol, a positive reframing of the fact that more than 1 in 10 women will experience a continued pregnancy with this method.
READ: Five Malaysian women dead from ‘DIY’ abortions using pills bought online
Shockingly, women seeking an at-home abortion are recommended to obtain Misoprostol in one of three deceptive ways: a) by lying to a pharmacist about why the drug is needed, b) by getting pills from a veterinarian’s office, since it is sometimes prescribed to animals, or c) by purchasing pills from a questionable online pharmacy without a prescription. The author notes, “A 2017 study of abortion pills bought on the internet found that the pills from all 18 sites studied contained the labeled active ingredients at more or less the written dose.” (emphasis added) This should give women pause.
The author encourages women to stay within an hour of the hospital after they take the pills, “just in case” the common side effects of nausea, diarrhea, abdominal pain, bleeding, dizziness, headache, fever, and chills become unbearable. What’s more, the article recommends, “Just like building IKEA furniture, managing your abortion is easier and safer with a friend.”
As made horrifically clear by multiple scenes in the 2019 film “Unplanned,” as well as women’s real-life testimonials posted elsewhere, there is nothing of glorious autonomy in taking the abortion pill. The film portrayed its lead character’s experience as she had portrayed in years before in writing: doubled over in pain, surrounded by blood in her shower, looking like something akin to a scene from a horror movie. The article makes no mention of what happens to a woman’s psyche when her own home, a place that’s meant to be a sanctuary, becomes a place of death. There’s no warning that the woman may even see her own child’s dead body pass out of her body into the toilet.
Texas OBGYN Dr. Ingrid Skop told Live Action News this article is “irresponsible,” saying the suggestions made “that women seek pills online or illegally ignore the risk this action may pose to women.” She adds:
Underestimating gestational age (which happens frequently) results in far higher rates of failure, and failing to diagnose an ectopic pregnancy may result in tubal rupture and catastrophic hemorrhage, possibly leading to death…. Circumventing the medical system will also allow these medications to fall into the hands of people other than the woman who may desire an end to her pregnancy, such as incestuous abusers, sex traffickers and abusive boyfriends.
One in 20 women have a failed medical abortion requiring surgery with mifepristone/misoprostol, and that number rises to one in five with misoprostol alone. Women who are already anemic or who live remote from emergency medical services may be at risk for serious complications from blood loss…. Only someone who values unlimited abortion over the health of women would make such cavalier suggestions as this article recommends.
While the article appears frank, straightforward, and matter-of-fact in tone, these stomach-churning details are completely omitted. At-home abortions have been touted as a safe, private way to undergo an abortion, but characterizing them that way requires glossing over or completely ignoring all sorts of unpleasant facts. Women deserve better. Women deserve the truth.
Editor’s Note, 1/17/20: Remarks from Dr. Ingrid Skop have been added to this post.
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liveaction--2020-01-16--BOMBSHELL: Researchers paid poor women in Mexico to be inseminated, then abort

A study published in a peer-reviewed medical journal is coming under fire for what appear to be major ethical issues .
The study , published in this week ’ s issue of Human Reproduction , involved researchers paying generally impoverished women in Mexico to be artificially inseminated and become pregnant ; their embryos were then flushed out , researched , and then either frozen for future use or destroyed .
Women who remained pregnant underwent chemical or surgical abortions .
NPR reported on the research , explaining that the goal was to find an easier and less expensive way for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alternative to IVF .
“ We have now a method that can produce embryos that are of good quality or better than in vitro fertilization , ” Santiago Munne , a reproductive geneticist who led the study with CooperGenomics out of New Jersey , told NPR .
Eighty-one Mexican women recruited for the research were given hormone injections , which stimulated egg production , and were then artificially inseminated .
With IVF , eggs would then typically be extracted through a needle , then fertilized in a lab .
But with this method @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insemination , and the ovaries were then flushed out a few days later through “ lavage.
” The embryos were then researched and compared to embryos created through IVF .
One of the reasons for the study was to screen for conditions like cystic fibrosis , and to destroy any embryos found to have any such conditions .
“ For couples that have genetic abnormalities and are at risk of transmitting them … .
by selecting the embryos that are not affected , they can have a normal baby , ” Munne said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first time that human embryos conceived naturally have been analyzed genetically to see if they are normal or not .
The advantage is that these embryos are conceived naturally — so you don ’ t need in vitro fertilization to do the genetic testing of the embryos.
” Some , like Laurie Zoloth , a bioethicist at the University of Chicago , found this research to be unethical .
“ What this essentially does is use a woman ’ s body as a petri dish , ” Zoloth told NPR .
“ And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seems so profoundly disturbing.
” Munne , however , denied that there were ethics issues , saying that the research was approved by the Ministry of Health of the State of Nayarit in Mexico , and the Western Institutional Review Board in the United States .
We passed all the ethical committees and all the ethical checks and balances , ” he said .
READ : Abortion pill study to attempt late second trimester abortions on West African girls and women Zoloth seems to be an outlier , however , with others praising @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really well done study , ” Catherine Racowsky , an embryologist and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Harvard Medical School , told NPR .
“ We may actually have here a technology that in the future may be very helpful for couples trying to complete their families at a lower cost , which is important.
” And while C.B .
Lambalk , the editor-in-chief of Human Reproduction , did acknowledge that there were things that “ raise your eyebrows , ” he also said the findings could be useful .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There is no difference between an egg donation cycle and what we did here.
” However , that couldn ’ t be further from the truth .
This kind of research was rife with numerous issues .
One of the biggest issues with this research is that an American genetics firm paid poor women in Mexico exorbitant amounts of money to undergo the research , which is not free of risk .
Each woman was paid $ 1,400 , which may not seem like much in the United States .
But in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ equals more than two months worth of salary .
This business of reproductive technology — including egg donation and surrogacy — has long been criticized as problematic .
Most of the women who agree to undergo this kind of research , or be egg donors or surrogates , tend to be young women or women living around the poverty line , meaning the draw of thousands of dollars could be coercive to them .
As Stanford University points out , it ’ s also not unusual for these women to not fully understand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are not fully known .
Many egg donors , however , have complained of side effects ranging from endometriosis to ovarian cysts , fibroids , and infertility problems .
For an American company to pay poor Mexican women signifcant money to be experimented on is beyond exploitative and unethical .
The women were also made to go through abortions , both chemical and surgical , when some embryos were not successfully flushed out of the mothers ’ wombs .
Risky chemical abortions ( abortion pill ) are typically only committed early in pregnancy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ later in the first trimester .
While it wasn ’ t clear which abortion procedure was committed on these women , an aspiration abortion is the most common first trimester procedure , but it raises the question nevertheless of how far along these women were in their pregnancies before having abortions as part of the study , or if they even had the ability to decline an abortion .
Would a mother have been allowed to keep her baby , or would she have been coerced into an abortion ?
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ embryos retrieved from the pregnant women in the study .
According to NPR , there have so far been at least five pregnancies and three healthy babies .
Others have been frozen , but presumably , some of them have been destroyed — at the very least , the embryos found to have anomalies like cystic fibrosis or Down syndrome .
The idea of screening embryos for which ones should be allowed to live is eugenics , plain and simple , and denying someone the right to life simply because they have a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unethical .
Children are being commodified , specifically due to the growing demand for things like IVF .
And while many might justify this kind of commodification , or think it ’ s not a problem to destroy an embryo because of something like Down syndrome , the truth is , an embryo is still a human being .
Embryos may be small , but they are still living , growing human beings .
They deserve to be protected — not experimented on , frozen , and destroyed just because they happen to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their lives .
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A study published in a peer-reviewed medical journal is coming under fire for what appear to be major ethical issues. The study, published in this week’s issue of Human Reproduction, involved researchers paying generally impoverished women in Mexico to be artificially inseminated and become pregnant; their embryos were then flushed out, researched, and then either frozen for future use or destroyed. Women who remained pregnant underwent chemical or surgical abortions.
NPR reported on the research, explaining that the goal was to find an easier and less expensive way for infertile couples to get pregnant — an alternative to IVF. “We have now a method that can produce embryos that are of good quality or better than in vitro fertilization,” Santiago Munne, a reproductive geneticist who led the study with CooperGenomics out of New Jersey, told NPR.
Eighty-one Mexican women recruited for the research were given hormone injections, which stimulated egg production, and were then artificially inseminated. With IVF, eggs would then typically be extracted through a needle, then fertilized in a lab. But with this method, the women became pregnant through artificial insemination, and the ovaries were then flushed out a few days later through “lavage.” The embryos were then researched and compared to embryos created through IVF.
One of the reasons for the study was to screen for conditions like cystic fibrosis, and to destroy any embryos found to have any such conditions. “For couples that have genetic abnormalities and are at risk of transmitting them …. by selecting the embryos that are not affected, they can have a normal baby,” Munne said, adding, “This is the first time that human embryos conceived naturally have been analyzed genetically to see if they are normal or not. The advantage is that these embryos are conceived naturally — so you don’t need in vitro fertilization to do the genetic testing of the embryos.”
Some, like Laurie Zoloth, a bioethicist at the University of Chicago, found this research to be unethical. “What this essentially does is use a woman’s body as a petri dish,” Zoloth told NPR. “And there’s something about that that seems so profoundly disturbing.” Munne, however, denied that there were ethics issues, saying that the research was approved by the Ministry of Health of the State of Nayarit in Mexico, and the Western Institutional Review Board in the United States. “We passed all the ethical committees and all the ethical checks and balances,” he said.
READ: Abortion pill study to attempt late second trimester abortions on West African girls and women
Zoloth seems to be an outlier, however, with others praising the research. “This is a really well done study,” Catherine Racowsky, an embryologist and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Harvard Medical School, told NPR. “We may actually have here a technology that in the future may be very helpful for couples trying to complete their families at a lower cost, which is important.”
And while C.B. Lambalk, the editor-in-chief of Human Reproduction, did acknowledge that there were things that “raise your eyebrows,” he also said the findings could be useful.
As for Munne, he claimed, “There is no difference between an egg donation cycle and what we did here.”
However, that couldn’t be further from the truth. This kind of research was rife with numerous issues.
Exploitation of poor, minority women
One of the biggest issues with this research is that an American genetics firm paid poor women in Mexico exorbitant amounts of money to undergo the research, which is not free of risk. Each woman was paid $1,400, which may not seem like much in the United States. But in the area where these women lived, that equals more than two months worth of salary. This business of reproductive technology — including egg donation and surrogacy — has long been criticized as problematic.
Most of the women who agree to undergo this kind of research, or be egg donors or surrogates, tend to be young women or women living around the poverty line, meaning the draw of thousands of dollars could be coercive to them. As Stanford University points out, it’s also not unusual for these women to not fully understand the risks, which to this day are not fully known. Many egg donors, however, have complained of side effects ranging from endometriosis to ovarian cysts, fibroids, and infertility problems.
For an American company to pay poor Mexican women signifcant money to be experimented on is beyond exploitative and unethical.
Abortion
The women were also made to go through abortions, both chemical and surgical, when some embryos were not successfully flushed out of the mothers’ wombs. Risky chemical abortions (abortion pill) are typically only committed early in pregnancy. Surgical abortions tend to be committed later in the first trimester.
While it wasn’t clear which abortion procedure was committed on these women — an aspiration abortion is the most common first trimester procedure — but it raises the question nevertheless of how far along these women were in their pregnancies before having abortions as part of the study, or if they even had the ability to decline an abortion. Would a mother have been allowed to keep her baby, or would she have been coerced into an abortion?
Dehumanization and eugenics
It’s not entirely clear what happened to the embryos retrieved from the pregnant women in the study. According to NPR, there have so far been at least five pregnancies and three healthy babies. Others have been frozen, but presumably, some of them have been destroyed — at the very least, the embryos found to have anomalies like cystic fibrosis or Down syndrome. The idea of screening embryos for which ones should be allowed to live is eugenics, plain and simple, and denying someone the right to life simply because they have a genetic condition or an extra chromosome is unethical. Children are being commodified, specifically due to the growing demand for things like IVF.
And while many might justify this kind of commodification, or think it’s not a problem to destroy an embryo because of something like Down syndrome, the truth is, an embryo is still a human being. Embryos may be small, but they are still living, growing human beings. They deserve to be protected — not experimented on, frozen, and destroyed just because they happen to be in the most vulnerable state of their lives.
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liveaction--2020-01-16--Colorado City in West Texas becomes ninth ‘sanctuary city for the unborn’

On Tuesday , January 14th , Colorado City in West Texas ( population 4,149 ) became the ninth city in the nation to outlaw abortion by the passing of an enforceable ordinance .
Colorado City follows the cities of Waskom , Naples , Joaquin , Tenaha , Gilmer , Westbrook , and Rusk .
As previously reported , the city of Omaha ( population 1,021 ) outlawed abortion in September , but received an intimidation letter from the ACLU which caused them to walk back the ordinance to a non-enforceable resolution — one which does not protect the city from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the Unborn ordinance states , “ a surgical or chemical abortion is the purposeful and intentional ending of a human life , and is murder “ with malice aforethought ” since the baby in the womb has its own DNA , and at certain points in pregnancy has its own heartbeat and its own brainwaves .
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These babies are the most innocent among us and deserve equal protection under the law as any other member of our American posterity as defined by the United States Constitution.
” READ : East @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eighth ‘ sanctuary city for the unborn ’ The ordinance goes on to say , “ The Supreme Court erred in Roe v. Wade when it said that pregnant women have a constitutional right to abort their unborn children , as there is no language anywhere in the Constitution that even remotely suggests that abortion is a constitutional right .
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Roe v. Wade is a lawless and illegitimate act of judicial usurpation , which violates the Tenth Amendment by trampling the reserved powers of the States , and denies the people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Government by imposing abortion policy through judicial decree.
” Colorado City , located in Mitchell County , voted mostly Republican in the 2016 presidential election .
81.1 % voted Republican , 16.1 % voted Democrat , and 2.8 % voted for other candidates .
During the 2018 Republican Party Primary , proposition # 7 gave voters the chance to state whether they were “ in favor ” or “ against ” the statement , ” I believe abortion should be abolished in Texas.
” In Mitchell County , out of 872 votes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of abolishing abortion in the state of Texas and 213 voted against it .
The City Council for Colorado City honored the beliefs of their residents and voted with and not against these numbers , outlawing abortion in a 5-1 vote .
The expertly crafted Colorado City Ordinance works within the existing legal framework of abortion jurisprudence while effectively prohibiting any abortion facility or services from being provided within the city limits of Colorado City .
In addition to this , the ordinance also outlaws the sale and distribution of emergency contraception .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ be unlawful for any person or entity which physically resides within the jurisdiction of the City to sell , distribute , or otherwise provide emergency contraception.
” Emergency contraception is defined in the ordinance as , “ any chemical or substance which is manufactured for the express purpose of use after unprotected sexual intercourse and which may function as an abortifacient to end the life of an unborn child by preventing implantation of the zygote in the uterine lining .
This definition includes Ella , Plan B , Next Choice One Dose , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ women think emergency contraception can cause abortions .
They ’ re right .
Colorado City is the seventh city to outlaw emergency contraception .
Other cities which passed an ordinance outlawing the sale and distribution of emergency contraception includes the cities of Waskom , Omaha , Naples , Joaquin , Tenaha , and Westbrook .
Colorado City is now the largest city to outlaw the sale of emergency contraception , surpassing the population of Waskom by over 2,000 residents .
Also noted previously at Live Action News , the neighboring city of Big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ordinance that did not ban emergency contraception .
The city of Big Spring voted on the ordinance with a vote of three in favor , two against , one abstaining , with one member absent .
Since the City of Big Spring requires a two part vote on all ordinances , the Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance will have to pass a second vote at the next meeting in order for abortion to be outlawed and for Big Spring to become a Sanctuary City for the Unborn .
As Rebecca Parma , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Right To Life , explained , “ If cities that do not currently house an abortion facility take action now , they can immediately prevent abortion businesses from moving into their cities and committing abortions , using the fear of future prosecution against abortionists once Roe v. Wade is overturned.
” Other cities discussing the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Ordinance this month include the East Texas city of Gary and the West Texas city of Abilene .
Work is also currently underway in the cities of Carthage and Lindale .
The Sanctuary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dying anytime soon .
For more information about the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn initiative visit www .
sanctuarycitiesfortheunborn .
com Mark Lee Dickson is a Director with Right to Life of East Texas , a Pastor of SovereignLOVE Church in Longview , Texas , and the founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn initiative .
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On Tuesday, January 14th, Colorado City in West Texas (population 4,149) became the ninth city in the nation to outlaw abortion by the passing of an enforceable ordinance. Colorado City follows the cities of Waskom, Naples, Joaquin, Tenaha, Gilmer, Westbrook, and Rusk.
As previously reported, the city of Omaha (population 1,021) outlawed abortion in September, but received an intimidation letter from the ACLU which caused them to walk back the ordinance to a non-enforceable resolution — one which does not protect the city from the abortion industry.
The Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn ordinance states, “a surgical or chemical abortion is the purposeful and intentional ending of a human life, and is murder “with malice aforethought” since the baby in the womb has its own DNA, and at certain points in pregnancy has its own heartbeat and its own brainwaves . . . These babies are the most innocent among us and deserve equal protection under the law as any other member of our American posterity as defined by the United States Constitution.”
READ: East Texas city with over 5,500 residents becomes eighth ‘sanctuary city for the unborn’
The ordinance goes on to say, “The Supreme Court erred in Roe v. Wade when it said that pregnant women have a constitutional right to abort their unborn children, as there is no language anywhere in the Constitution that even remotely suggests that abortion is a constitutional right . . . Roe v. Wade is a lawless and illegitimate act of judicial usurpation, which violates the Tenth Amendment by trampling the reserved powers of the States, and denies the people of each State a Republican Form of Government by imposing abortion policy through judicial decree.”
Colorado City, located in Mitchell County, voted mostly Republican in the 2016 presidential election. 81.1% voted Republican, 16.1% voted Democrat, and 2.8% voted for other candidates. During the 2018 Republican Party Primary, proposition #7 gave voters the chance to state whether they were “in favor” or “against” the statement, ” I believe abortion should be abolished in Texas.” In Mitchell County, out of 872 votes, 659 voted in favor of the idea of abolishing abortion in the state of Texas and 213 voted against it. The City Council for Colorado City honored the beliefs of their residents and voted with and not against these numbers, outlawing abortion in a 5-1 vote.
The expertly crafted Colorado City Ordinance works within the existing legal framework of abortion jurisprudence while effectively prohibiting any abortion facility or services from being provided within the city limits of Colorado City. In addition to this, the ordinance also outlaws the sale and distribution of emergency contraception.
The ordinance reads, “It shall be unlawful for any person or entity which physically resides within the jurisdiction of the City to sell, distribute, or otherwise provide emergency contraception.” Emergency contraception is defined in the ordinance as, “any chemical or substance which is manufactured for the express purpose of use after unprotected sexual intercourse and which may function as an abortifacient to end the life of an unborn child by preventing implantation of the zygote in the uterine lining. This definition includes Ella, Plan B, Next Choice One Dose, and My Way.”
READ: Many women think emergency contraception can cause abortions. They’re right.
Colorado City is the seventh city to outlaw emergency contraception. Other cities which passed an ordinance outlawing the sale and distribution of emergency contraception includes the cities of Waskom, Omaha, Naples, Joaquin, Tenaha, and Westbrook. Colorado City is now the largest city to outlaw the sale of emergency contraception, surpassing the population of Waskom by over 2,000 residents.
Also noted previously at Live Action News, the neighboring city of Big Spring voted on a version of the ordinance that did not ban emergency contraception. The city of Big Spring voted on the ordinance with a vote of three in favor, two against, one abstaining, with one member absent. Since the City of Big Spring requires a two part vote on all ordinances, the Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance will have to pass a second vote at the next meeting in order for abortion to be outlawed and for Big Spring to become a Sanctuary City for the Unborn.
As Rebecca Parma, a Legislative and Political Associate with Texas Right To Life, explained, “If cities that do not currently house an abortion facility take action now, they can immediately prevent abortion businesses from moving into their cities and committing abortions, using the fear of future prosecution against abortionists once Roe v. Wade is overturned.”
Other cities discussing the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Ordinance this month include the East Texas city of Gary and the West Texas city of Abilene. Work is also currently underway in the cities of Carthage and Lindale.
The Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn movement is not dying anytime soon. For more information about the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn initiative visit www. sanctuarycitiesfortheunborn. com
Mark Lee Dickson is a Director with Right to Life of East Texas, a Pastor of SovereignLOVE Church in Longview, Texas, and the founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn initiative.
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liveaction--2020-01-16--HORROR: Children turned into sex slaves, forced into abortions, in Colombian war

The long-running conflict in Colombia has been known as the country ’ s “ invisible war , ” and it ’ s been going on for over 50 years .
The government in Colombia has been battling crime syndicates , paramilitary groups , and communist guerrilla factions , leading to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people .
Millions more have been displaced , or have “ disappeared.
” But one especially troubling factor has flown under the radar even more : the allegations of female guerrillas who say they were forced to become sex slaves , even as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abortions .
The Independent recently published a report detailing the abuses women say they suffered at the hands of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ( FARC ) , one of the guerrilla groups involved in the conflict .
“ It was as if I was a new toy , ” Yamile Noscué told the Independent .
“ I basically became their whore in camouflage.
” Noscué said she was abducted at the age of 15 , and taken to a guerrilla camp where she was abused , and said she was subjected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ After the commander has touched a girl , then anyone else can too , and whenever they want , ” she recounted .
“ The rapes are constant.
” Female superiors allegedly looked the other way , too .
Noscué said she was told that being raped was her “ contribution ” to the cause .
Meanwhile , things only got worse for her .
“ Because of the rape I ended up pregnant .
I didn ’ t even know who the father was .
It could have been any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she said .
“ They held me down and gave me pills .
I was sick and I was bleeding .
It was so painful.
” Noscué made the courageous decision to speak out about her abuse , but it ’ s come at a cost .
She says she ’ s been followed and threatened by masked men , who tell her to stay silent .
Another woman who spoke to the Independent used a pseudonym , “ Camila , ” because she was too afraid to use her real name .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in her case at the age of 14 .
She was also raped , and when she became pregnant , she was given an injection and operated on against her will .
“ I just remember waking up and I was bleeding a lot , ” she said .
The abortion was botched horribly , meaning Camila now suffers lifelong medical problems .
Mariana Ardila , a lawyer for Women ’ s Link Worldwide , an NGO which submitted a report to the government , said this wasn ’ t surprising .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conditions , ” she told the Independent .
“ Sometimes they used drugs or unorthodox methods to terminate pregnancies , other times they used surgery.
” However , Victoria Sandino , a former guerrilla commander and now a FARC senator , disputes these claims .
“ Of course this is something that needs to be investigated , but it ’ s absurd that women were recruited just for sex , ” she said .
“ Also , in the context of war , it was understood that pregnancy was simply impossible .
What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she claimed , were simply done as part of a woman ’ s choice .
“ It was a choice we had as women , ” she said .
“ Just like the choice we had to leave the insurgency and raise a family if that ’ s what we wanted to do , and many women did.
” But Noscué flatly denied Sandino ’ s remarks .
“ I had friends that were executed , shot by a firing squad because they wanted to keep the baby .
There was no choice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aborted the pregnancy or you were shot.
” A 2016 report from a Colombia prosecutor claimed there were 214 cases of girls “ subject to rape , forced sterilisation , forced abortion , and other forms of sexual violence ” by guerrillas .
A Colombian war crimes tribunal is also now investigating Noscué ’ s claims , as well as those of other victims .
“ They must pay for what they did , ” Noscué said .
“ I only hope they get the punishment they deserve.
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The long-running conflict in Colombia has been known as the country’s “invisible war,” and it’s been going on for over 50 years. The government in Colombia has been battling crime syndicates, paramilitary groups, and communist guerrilla factions, leading to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. Millions more have been displaced, or have “disappeared.” But one especially troubling factor has flown under the radar even more: the allegations of female guerrillas who say they were forced to become sex slaves, even as children, and forced into sterilizations and abortions.
The Independent recently published a report detailing the abuses women say they suffered at the hands of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), one of the guerrilla groups involved in the conflict. “It was as if I was a new toy,” Yamile Noscué told the Independent. “I basically became their whore in camouflage.” Noscué said she was abducted at the age of 15, and taken to a guerrilla camp where she was abused, and said she was subjected to the degrading treatment for two years. “After the commander has touched a girl, then anyone else can too, and whenever they want,” she recounted. “The rapes are constant.”
Female superiors allegedly looked the other way, too. Noscué said she was told that being raped was her “contribution” to the cause. Meanwhile, things only got worse for her.
READ: Woman escapes from North Korea, tells horror story of forced abortions
“Because of the rape I ended up pregnant. I didn’t even know who the father was. It could have been any one of scores of men,” she said. “They held me down and gave me pills. I was sick and I was bleeding. It was so painful.” Noscué made the courageous decision to speak out about her abuse, but it’s come at a cost. She says she’s been followed and threatened by masked men, who tell her to stay silent.
Another woman who spoke to the Independent used a pseudonym, “Camila,” because she was too afraid to use her real name. Like Noscué, she was abducted, in her case at the age of 14. She was also raped, and when she became pregnant, she was given an injection and operated on against her will. “I just remember waking up and I was bleeding a lot,” she said. The abortion was botched horribly, meaning Camila now suffers lifelong medical problems.
Mariana Ardila, a lawyer for Women’s Link Worldwide, an NGO which submitted a report to the government, said this wasn’t surprising. “Abortions were conducted in unsanitary and unhygienic conditions,” she told the Independent. “Sometimes they used drugs or unorthodox methods to terminate pregnancies, other times they used surgery.”

However, Victoria Sandino, a former guerrilla commander and now a FARC senator, disputes these claims. “Of course this is something that needs to be investigated, but it’s absurd that women were recruited just for sex,” she said. “Also, in the context of war, it was understood that pregnancy was simply impossible. What was compulsory was contraception.”
Abortions, she claimed, were simply done as part of a woman’s choice. “It was a choice we had as women,” she said. “Just like the choice we had to leave the insurgency and raise a family if that’s what we wanted to do, and many women did.”
But Noscué flatly denied Sandino’s remarks. “I had friends that were executed, shot by a firing squad because they wanted to keep the baby. There was no choice,” she said. “You aborted the pregnancy or you were shot.”
A 2016 report from a Colombia prosecutor claimed there were 214 cases of girls “subject to rape, forced sterilisation, forced abortion, and other forms of sexual violence” by guerrillas. A Colombian war crimes tribunal is also now investigating Noscué’s claims, as well as those of other victims. “They must pay for what they did,” Noscué said. “I only hope they get the punishment they deserve.”
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liveaction--2020-01-16--WATCH: Video documents 100 women hospitalized after botched abortions in 2019

Just one week before America observes the 47th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in every U.S. state , and less than two months before the Supreme Court case June Medical Services LLC v. Gee reviews a Louisiana abortion law , Operation Rescue has released a video providing evidence of 100 medical emergencies at abortion facilities in 2019 alone .
The video begins with a clip from MSNBC news show host Rachel Maddow saying “ Abortion is a relatively safe , low-risk procedure , ” and “ complications that require hospitalization are very rare.
” If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The scope of the video is breathtaking , yet Operation Rescue specifies that the list is in no way comprehensive .
I personally can attest to two 911 calls in 2019 from the Planned Parenthood in Springfield , Illinois , alone that are not reflected in the video .
Reproductive Health Services Planned Parenthood , St. Louis , MO ( had multiple 911 calls , including 3 women in 22 days , and 74 emergency calls placed in the last 10 years ) Fairview Heights Health Center , Fairview Heights , IL ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opening ) Margaret Sanger Planned Parenthood , New York , New York ( hospitalized 13 patients total : on 2/16 , 3/6 , 2 on 3/27 , 4/4 , 4/30 , 6/7 , 8/1 , 8/22 , 10/3 , 10/5 , 10/7 , and 11/14 ) Multiple Facilities Called 911 More Than Once In 2019 Dishonorable mention for multiple calls in one year goes to facilities in St. Paul , MN ( 2 patients hemorrhaged 3 days apart ) , Houston , TX ( 2 calls ) , Little Rock , AR ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( 4 calls ) , Cherry Hills , CA ( 2 calls ) , Beverly Hills , CA ( 2 calls ) , Chicago , IL ( Family Planning Associates in Chicago had 5 calls and Near North Planned Parenthood had 2 ) , Dayton , OH ( 2 calls ) , Boston , MA ( 3 calls ) , Austin , TX ( 3 calls ) , Aurora , IL ( 3 calls ) , and Albuquerque , NM ( 2 calls ) .
Fully 35 of the 100 911 calls were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of women hemorrhaging to unconsciousness , which constitutes a life-threatening situation .
Some of the calls were horrific in nature , reflecting such complications as stroke , seizures , aspiration ( choking on one ’ s vomit ) , hemorrhage , uterine perforation and more .
One known abortion-related death occurred on June 8th , 2019 at Preterm in Cleveland , OH .
26-year-old Tia Parks had an abortion there on June 7th , but staff failed to recognize that she had both an intrauterine pregnancy and an ectopic pregnancy .
The ectopic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ died as a result .
Another Preterm patient , 22-year-old Lakisha Wilson died due to abortion complications in March 2014 .
Abortion advocates would have the public believe that pro-lifers are fear-mongers trying to deny access and bodily autonomy to women seeking legitimate medical care .
How do they explain abortion facilities like Preterm in Cleveland that have had multiple patient deaths in a 5 year timespan , Margaret Sanger Planned Parenthood in New York that sent 13 women to the hospital in 2019 alone , and Reproductive Health Services Planned Parenthood in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ calls in the past decade ?
Where is the outcry seeking justice for these women ?
The answer is simple .
There is no discussion about their stories .
Women deserve better .
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Just one week before America observes the 47th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in every U.S. state, and less than two months before the Supreme Court case June Medical Services LLC v. Gee reviews a Louisiana abortion law, Operation Rescue has released a video providing evidence of 100 medical emergencies at abortion facilities in 2019 alone.
The video begins with a clip from MSNBC news show host Rachel Maddow saying “Abortion is a relatively safe, low-risk procedure,” and “complications that require hospitalization are very rare.” If only complications were rare, Rachel.
The scope of the video is breathtaking, yet Operation Rescue specifies that the list is in no way comprehensive.
I personally can attest to two 911 calls in 2019 from the Planned Parenthood in Springfield, Illinois, alone that are not reflected in the video.
18 Planned Parenthood Facilities Had Documented 911 calls, Including:
West Chester Planned Parenthood, West Chester, PA
Van Nuys Health Center Planned Parenthood, Van Nuys, CA
St. Paul Health Center Planned Parenthood, St. Paul, MN
Planned Parenthood Center for Choice, Houston, TX (had multiple 911 calls)
Near North Planned Parenthood, Chicago, IL (had multiple 911 calls)
Aurora Planned Parenthood, Aurora, IL (had multiple 911 calls)
Smithtown Planned Parenthood, Smithtown, NY
Greater Boston Planned Parenthood, Boston, MA (had multiple 911 calls)
Planned Parenthood South Austin Center, Austin, TX
Reproductive Health Services Planned Parenthood, St. Louis, MO (had multiple 911 calls, including 3 women in 22 days, and 74 emergency calls placed in the last 10 years)
Providence Health Center, Providence, RI
Hempstead Planned Parenthood, Hempstead, NY
Carol Whitehill Moses Planned Parenthood, Washington, DC. (had multiple 911 calls)
Baltimore Planned Parenthood, Baltimore, MD (had multiple 911 calls)
Sarasota Planned Parenthood, Sarasota, FL
Fairview Heights Health Center, Fairview Heights, IL (had 911 call just one week after opening)
Stapleton Planned Parenthood, Denver, CO
Margaret Sanger Planned Parenthood, New York, New York (hospitalized 13 patients total: on 2/16, 3/6, 2 on 3/27, 4/4, 4/30, 6/7, 8/1, 8/22, 10/3, 10/5, 10/7, and 11/14)
READ: Media tells women to fear illegal abortion, ignores legal abortion deaths and injuries
Multiple Facilities Called 911 More Than Once In 2019
Dishonorable mention for multiple calls in one year goes to facilities in St. Paul, MN (2 patients hemorrhaged 3 days apart), Houston, TX (2 calls), Little Rock, AR (3 calls), Detroit, MI (4 calls), Cherry Hills, CA (2 calls), Beverly Hills, CA (2 calls), Chicago, IL (Family Planning Associates in Chicago had 5 calls and Near North Planned Parenthood had 2), Dayton, OH (2 calls), Boston, MA (3 calls), Austin, TX (3 calls), Aurora, IL (3 calls), and Albuquerque, NM (2 calls).
Hemorrhage The Most Common Complication
Fully 35 of the 100 911 calls were for abortion-related hemorrhages, including multiple cases of women hemorrhaging to unconsciousness, which constitutes a life-threatening situation.
Some of the calls were horrific in nature, reflecting such complications as stroke, seizures, aspiration (choking on one’s vomit), hemorrhage, uterine perforation and more.
Abortion Fatality
One known abortion-related death occurred on June 8th, 2019 at Preterm in Cleveland, OH. 26-year-old Tia Parks had an abortion there on June 7th, but staff failed to recognize that she had both an intrauterine pregnancy and an ectopic pregnancy. The ectopic pregnancy ruptured the next day and she died as a result. Another Preterm patient, 22-year-old Lakisha Wilson died due to abortion complications in March 2014.

Abortion “Safety” is a Farce
Abortion advocates would have the public believe that pro-lifers are fear-mongers trying to deny access and bodily autonomy to women seeking legitimate medical care. How do they explain abortion facilities like Preterm in Cleveland that have had multiple patient deaths in a 5 year timespan, Margaret Sanger Planned Parenthood in New York that sent 13 women to the hospital in 2019 alone, and Reproductive Health Services Planned Parenthood in St. Louis that has had 74 911 calls in the past decade? Where is the outcry seeking justice for these women? The answer is simple. There is no discussion about their stories. Women deserve better.
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liveaction--2020-01-16--Two pro-life billboards near Planned Parenthood removed after threat from billboard stand owner

In a recent attempt to silence pro-lifers , two of Pro-Life Action Ministries ’ pro-life billboards have been removed after the billboard company received a threat from the owner of the billboard stand .
The billboards , which are near the mega-Planned Parenthood in St. Paul , Minnesota , featured the website and the phone number to call for Abortion Pill Reversal ( 877-558-0333 ) and a website and phone number for women facing an unplanned pregnancy — OptionLine.org ( 800-712-4357 ) .
The billboard company , Clear Channel , was told by the still unknown owner of the billboard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lease with them if the pro-life billboards were not taken down .
The lease was scheduled to end on December 31 , 2019 .
Brian Gibson , Executive Director of PLAM , told Live Action News that pro-lifers in the city had an “ overwhelmingly positive ” response to the billboards , which were strategically placed to reach women who may be headed to the mega-Planned Parenthood facility .
That facility committed a reported 6,292 abortions in 2018 alone , according to Gibson .
The pro-life billboards were an opportunity to inform women @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abortions , and to tell women about the possibility of reversing a chemical abortion ( abortion pill ) that had already begun .
The billboards went unchallenged and seemingly unnoticed by both abortion advocates and the billboard owner until City Pages , a local publication , did what Gibson calls a “ hit piece ” on the abortion pill reversal billboard .
Using manipulated data from a suspended study , Gibson said they published a very slanted pro-abortion piece .
READ : Group ‘ celebrates abortion ’ by sponsoring four billboards in pro-life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pages article and the demand that our boards be taken down is very close , ” said Gibson .
“ I suspect that the article was instigated by Planned Parenthood and that the owner was asked by Planned Parenthood to act against us .
But I state that without any direct evidence… yet .
And there is an implied effectiveness of the boards with the action taken against them.
” In other words , if the billboards were hurting Planned Parenthood ’ s bottom line , the abortion corporation likely would have taken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ According to Gibson , a representative from Clear Channel has been working with PLAM and “ offering to make things right if we find another location for our boards.
” The problem , however , is that the previous location was essential for reaching women who were driving to and from Planned Parenthood .
“ Needless to say , ” said Gibson , “ we are extremely disappointed because this billboard stand was a perfect spot to reach abortion clients coming and going with amazing potential to save lives.
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In a recent attempt to silence pro-lifers, two of Pro-Life Action Ministries’ pro-life billboards have been removed after the billboard company received a threat from the owner of the billboard stand.
The billboards, which are near the mega-Planned Parenthood in St. Paul, Minnesota, featured the website and the phone number to call for Abortion Pill Reversal (877-558-0333) and a website and phone number for women facing an unplanned pregnancy — OptionLine.org (800-712-4357). The billboard company, Clear Channel, was told by the still unknown owner of the billboard stand that he would not renew his lease with them if the pro-life billboards were not taken down. The lease was scheduled to end on December 31, 2019.
Brian Gibson, Executive Director of PLAM, told Live Action News that pro-lifers in the city had an “overwhelmingly positive” response to the billboards, which were strategically placed to reach women who may be headed to the mega-Planned Parenthood facility. That facility committed a reported 6,292 abortions in 2018 alone, according to Gibson. The pro-life billboards were an opportunity to inform women of their other options prior to their abortions, and to tell women about the possibility of reversing a chemical abortion (abortion pill) that had already begun.
The billboards went unchallenged and seemingly unnoticed by both abortion advocates and the billboard owner until City Pages, a local publication, did what Gibson calls a “hit piece” on the abortion pill reversal billboard. Using manipulated data from a suspended study, Gibson said they published a very slanted pro-abortion piece.
READ: Group ‘celebrates abortion’ by sponsoring four billboards in pro-life Alabama
“The timing between the City Pages article and the demand that our boards be taken down is very close,” said Gibson. “I suspect that the article was instigated by Planned Parenthood and that the owner was asked by Planned Parenthood to act against us. But I state that without any direct evidence… yet. And there is an implied effectiveness of the boards with the action taken against them.”
In other words, if the billboards were hurting Planned Parenthood’s bottom line, the abortion corporation likely would have taken steps to have the billboards removed.
According to Gibson, a representative from Clear Channel has been working with PLAM and “offering to make things right if we find another location for our boards.” The problem, however, is that the previous location was essential for reaching women who were driving to and from Planned Parenthood.
“Needless to say,” said Gibson, “we are extremely disappointed because this billboard stand was a perfect spot to reach abortion clients coming and going with amazing potential to save lives.”
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liveaction--2020-01-17--UK pastor, convicted of multiple rapes, used abortion to cover up his crimes

An evangelical pastor in the UK has been convicted of raping numerous members of his congregation , according to Birmingham Mail .
He also forced many of his young victims to undergo abortions in order to cover up his crimes .
Michael Oluronbi , originally from Nigeria , was a pastor in the UK who convinced his victims to participate in “ spiritual bathing ” to “ cleanse ” them of evil spirits as instructed by God .
He was found guilty of 15 counts of rape , seven counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ man and the assaults began when the victims were children – one as young as eight years old – and went on for 20 years .
His wife was found guilty of three charges of aiding and abetting rape .
During the trial , it was revealed that some of his female victims were raped repeatedly which lead to “ unwanted pregnancies and terminations.
” One victim said she had five or six abortions during secondary school .
Sixty-year-old Oluronbi , a pharmacist , booked the victims for abortion appointments using fake names @ @ @ @ @ @ @ certain medications , implying he may have been able to secure the abortion pill to administer to his victims .
This points to a large problem with the abortion industry ’ s desire to ease the restrictions on how the abortion pill is administered .
If anyone is able to get the pill via mail order or telemedicine , abusive partners and rapists will be able to force abortions on their victims as Oluronbi did .
READ : If Planned Parenthood cared about women , it would report forced abortions and trafficking Police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over the congregation that anything he said was taken as read.
” A filmed confession was released during which he tells the relative of one of his victims that “ everything was my fault ” and he calls himself “ an animal.
” Relatives and parents had confronted him on occasion but he never admitted to the abuse and on some occasions , blamed the devil .
Oluronbi had started his own “ religious ” group splintered from the Cherubim and Seraphim Church in a private house in Birmingham .
He used his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to convince his victims that they would become witches or fail exams if they didn ’ t allow the sexual assaults to happen , according to the BBC .
His crimes were finally revealed when one of his victims came forward .
Police believe there may be more victims and are urging them to speak out .
“ The main tactic he employed was to claim that God had instructed him to administer ‘ holy baths ’ to some of his congregation in order to ‘ cleanse ’ them and protect them from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , QC , told the jury .
“ [ … ] There can be no doubt that its real purpose was to serve his sexual gratification.
” Oluronbi and his wife will be sentenced at a later date .
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An evangelical pastor in the UK has been convicted of raping numerous members of his congregation, according to Birmingham Mail. He also forced many of his young victims to undergo abortions in order to cover up his crimes.
Michael Oluronbi, originally from Nigeria, was a pastor in the UK who convinced his victims to participate in “spiritual bathing” to “cleanse” them of evil spirits as instructed by God. He was found guilty of 15 counts of rape, seven counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault. His victims included six women and one man and the assaults began when the victims were children – one as young as eight years old – and went on for 20 years. His wife was found guilty of three charges of aiding and abetting rape.
During the trial, it was revealed that some of his female victims were raped repeatedly which lead to “unwanted pregnancies and terminations.” One victim said she had five or six abortions during secondary school.
Sixty-year-old Oluronbi, a pharmacist, booked the victims for abortion appointments using fake names. Police say he had access to certain medications, implying he may have been able to secure the abortion pill to administer to his victims. This points to a large problem with the abortion industry’s desire to ease the restrictions on how the abortion pill is administered.
If anyone is able to get the pill via mail order or telemedicine, abusive partners and rapists will be able to force abortions on their victims as Oluronbi did.
READ: If Planned Parenthood cared about women, it would report forced abortions and trafficking
Police said Oluronbi “had such a hold over the congregation that anything he said was taken as read.” A filmed confession was released during which he tells the relative of one of his victims that “everything was my fault” and he calls himself “an animal.” Relatives and parents had confronted him on occasion but he never admitted to the abuse and on some occasions, blamed the devil.
Oluronbi had started his own “religious” group splintered from the Cherubim and Seraphim Church in a private house in Birmingham. He used his position as a trusted and feared pastor to convince his victims that they would become witches or fail exams if they didn’t allow the sexual assaults to happen, according to the BBC. His crimes were finally revealed when one of his victims came forward. Police believe there may be more victims and are urging them to speak out.
“The main tactic he employed was to claim that God had instructed him to administer ‘holy baths’ to some of his congregation in order to ‘cleanse’ them and protect them from evil influences,” Prosecutor Phil Bradley, QC, told the jury. “[…] There can be no doubt that its real purpose was to serve his sexual gratification.”
Oluronbi and his wife will be sentenced at a later date.
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Ohio State Senator Steve Huffman has said he will introduce a bill next week that would prohibit the administration of the abortion pill via telemedicine .
According to NBC 4 , the bill would require a woman seeking the abortion pill to visit an abortion facility .
“ It ’ s about safety , ” explained Huffman .
“ … It ’ s so important that someone should be there looking somebody in the eye and making that decision , not somebody out in California or New York that has a website that you can get on and get the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Planned Parenthood expands telemedicine app as industry looks to remove abortion pill safeguards There are 24 known cases of women dying as a result of the abortion pill , although only about half of all states are even required to report abortion complications — and some women are told that in the case of complications to tell the emergency room staff that they are miscarrying , not that they have taken the abortion pill .
Because of these factors , it is impossible to know the true number of complications and maternal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and side effects of the abortion pill including vomiting , hemorrhaging , massive clots , hospitalization , and life-threatening infections .
One large-scale study even points to the abortion pill having four times the risk of serious complications compared to surgical abortions .
Taking the abortion pill beyond nine weeks gestation is dangerous , as the chance for complications rises with each week ; therefore , it is important that a woman undergo an ultrasound to date the pregnancy before taking the abortion pill .
In the event of an undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deadly for a woman .
These are both valid reasons to outlaw telemed abortions , yet the abortion industry continues to fight laws that aim to protect women from such complications .
Despite the obvious dangers to women , pro-abortion organizations are working to establish approval for the distribution of the abortion pill via “ mail order.
” They also want to expand the use of the abortion pill into the second trimester .
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Ohio State Senator Steve Huffman has said he will introduce a bill next week that would prohibit the administration of the abortion pill via telemedicine. According to NBC 4, the bill would require a woman seeking the abortion pill to visit an abortion facility.
“It’s about safety,” explained Huffman. “… It’s so important that someone should be there looking somebody in the eye and making that decision, not somebody out in California or New York that has a website that you can get on and get the medication to have an abortion.”
READ: Planned Parenthood expands telemedicine app as industry looks to remove abortion pill safeguards
There are 24 known cases of women dying as a result of the abortion pill, although only about half of all states are even required to report abortion complications — and some women are told that in the case of complications to tell the emergency room staff that they are miscarrying, not that they have taken the abortion pill. Because of these factors, it is impossible to know the true number of complications and maternal deaths from the abortion pill.
Complications and side effects of the abortion pill including vomiting, hemorrhaging, massive clots, hospitalization, and life-threatening infections. One large-scale study even points to the abortion pill having four times the risk of serious complications compared to surgical abortions.

Taking the abortion pill beyond nine weeks gestation is dangerous, as the chance for complications rises with each week; therefore, it is important that a woman undergo an ultrasound to date the pregnancy before taking the abortion pill. In the event of an undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy, taking the abortion pill could prove deadly for a woman. These are both valid reasons to outlaw telemed abortions, yet the abortion industry continues to fight laws that aim to protect women from such complications.
Despite the obvious dangers to women, pro-abortion organizations are working to establish approval for the distribution of the abortion pill via “mail order.” They also want to expand the use of the abortion pill into the second trimester.
Huffman said that he has at least 12 cosponsors for the bill and he believes it will pass the Ohio Senate.
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Abortion Free New Mexico has released a report which claims that a nurse at Hilltop ’ s Reproductive Clinic in Texas has been committing chemical abortions in violation of Texas state law .
According to the law in Texas , only licensed physicians are allowed to commit abortions , including the administering of the abortion pill .
However , during an undercover call to the Hilltop abortion facility in El Paso , Abortion Free New Mexico discovered that the clinic manager and nurse , Gloria Martinez , has been administering the abortion pill .
The undercover call can be heard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ …But definitely then on Monday I ’ d be able to see Ms. Martinez ?
She could give me the pills and that ’ s fine , right ?
” Caller : “ Now if I did need to have a followup surgical procedure , could she do that for me as well ?
” Hilltop : “ …that would be done by Dr. Theard ?
” Caller : “ Okay .
So she only administers the abortion pill ?
” READ : Planned Parenthood , ACLU fight to allow non-physicians to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the abortion pill will cost $ 550 and that Martinez is able to give that to her .
Texas Health and Safety Code Sec .
171.003 states “ An abortion may be performed only by a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state.
” Furthermore , Sec 171.063 ( 1 ) says “ the person who gives , sells , dispenses , administers , provides , or prescribes the abortion-inducing drug is a physician.
” Tara Shaver of Abortion Free New Mexico said her organization has submitted a complaint to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nursing Board .
Last year , the pro-life group also filed a complaint against Hilltop ’ s facility in Santa Theresa , New Mexico , for not having the proper equipment to comply with FDA regulations .
Those regulations require the use of equipment to check for and diagnose ectopic pregnancies before administering the abortion pill .
Taking the abortion pill with an ectopic pregnancy can have deadly consequences for the mother .
To date , there have been 24 known deaths of women due to the abortion pill .
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Abortion Free New Mexico has released a report which claims that a nurse at Hilltop’s Reproductive Clinic in Texas has been committing chemical abortions in violation of Texas state law.
According to the law in Texas, only licensed physicians are allowed to commit abortions, including the administering of the abortion pill. However, during an undercover call to the Hilltop abortion facility in El Paso, Abortion Free New Mexico discovered that the clinic manager and nurse, Gloria Martinez, has been administering the abortion pill. The undercover call can be heard in the clip below.

Caller: “…But definitely then on Monday I’d be able to see Ms. Martinez? She could give me the pills and that’s fine, right?”
Hilltop: “Yes.” […]
Caller: “Now if I did need to have a followup surgical procedure, could she do that for me as well?”
Hilltop: “…that would be done by Dr. Theard?”
Caller: “Okay. So she only administers the abortion pill?”
Hilltop: “Yes, ma’am.”
READ: Planned Parenthood, ACLU fight to allow non-physicians to commit surgical abortions
The caller is instructed that the abortion pill will cost $550 and that Martinez is able to give that to her. Texas Health and Safety Code Sec. 171.003 states “An abortion may be performed only by a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state.” Furthermore, Sec 171.063 (1) says “the person who gives, sells, dispenses, administers, provides, or prescribes the abortion-inducing drug is a physician.”
Tara Shaver of Abortion Free New Mexico said her organization has submitted a complaint to the Attorney General of Texas and the Texas Nursing Board. Last year, the pro-life group also filed a complaint against Hilltop’s facility in Santa Theresa, New Mexico, for not having the proper equipment to comply with FDA regulations. Those regulations require the use of equipment to check for and diagnose ectopic pregnancies before administering the abortion pill. Taking the abortion pill with an ectopic pregnancy can have deadly consequences for the mother.
To date, there have been 24 known deaths of women due to the abortion pill.
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‘No procedures, no protocols, no books’: Former Planned Parenthood worker says women were put at risk

In a webinar sponsored by And Then There Were None , nurse and former abortion worker Jayne spoke about dangerous conditions she witnessed at a Planned Parenthood abortion facility in Delaware .
Soon after being hired at Planned Parenthood , Jayne discovered there were no written protocols for how to administer medication or perform other medical tasks : Planned Parenthood – actually , this was amazing to me – there were no guidelines , no procedures , no protocols , no books .
You have to have these things .
In the hospital , you have to have these – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There are certain techniques … that you have to be able to do and you have to do it following a guideline .
The medicines and the syringes ?
… People would go ahead and make them and pull them and another nurse would give [ them ] – you ’ re not allowed to do that .
That ’ s nursing 101 .
You draw the medicine , and you give that medicine .
Nobody else gives that medicine .
… [ T ] hey didn ’ t abide by that .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Women got the same dosages regardless of their weight , medical conditions , or other drugs they might be taking that could interact with the sedation .
Having one worker fill the syringe and another worker inject it hours later could easily lead to confusion about how much medication was administered and when .
Jayne further spoke about the danger of administering medication without written protocols : [ W ] hen they would go ahead and sedate patients … there were no manuals , no procedures .
… They had no idea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of the medicines we would push is called Versed and with that medicine , we ’ re supposed to give that over a certain time .
And I asked where the guideline was – you know where the guideline was for that , where was the procedure for how long to push that medicine – and they said , we don ’ t have that .
And I said , you have to .
I said you don ’ t have it ?
I can ’ t push it .
So , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I said , I ’ m not pushing that .
They said , just slow .
But slow doesn ’ t cut it , and a lot of times medicines have to be diluted with saline , so you don ’ t burn the person ’ s vein out .
They don ’ t care .
Another problem , mentioned in a previous article , was that women were not given RhoGAM shots in cases where their bloodwork showed they were Rh negative .
Not giving the shots could lead to future miscarriages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jayne approached the medical director , Dr. Carol Myers , and complained about the lack of protocols for giving the RhoGAM shots and the resulting problem : I said listen , we can ’ t do this .
… [ T ] hese patients are leaving – they ’ re leaving without [ the shots ] .
There ’ s no protocols… .
And the doctor said , well , we need to work on that , that ’ s something , if you want to write a protocol – and I was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ didn ’ t say I was going to be the one writing the protocol , you ’ re the doctor , you ’ re the one who really should be doing that .
As a nurse , Jayne knew she was not qualified to devise medical protocols .
However , the abortionists at the facility had no interest in writing any .
Jayne ended up leaving Planned Parenthood in Delaware after failing in her attempts to get those running the facility to improve conditions .
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In a webinar sponsored by And Then There Were None, nurse and former abortion worker Jayne spoke about dangerous conditions she witnessed at a Planned Parenthood abortion facility in Delaware.
Soon after being hired at Planned Parenthood, Jayne discovered there were no written protocols for how to administer medication or perform other medical tasks:
Planned Parenthood – actually, this was amazing to me – there were no guidelines, no procedures, no protocols, no books. You have to have these things. In the hospital, you have to have these – even just to start an IV. There are certain techniques … that you have to be able to do and you have to do it following a guideline.
The medicines and the syringes? … People would go ahead and make them and pull them and another nurse would give [them] – you’re not allowed to do that. That’s nursing 101. You draw the medicine, and you give that medicine. Nobody else gives that medicine. … [T]hey didn’t abide by that.
Syringes for sedation were filled in advance. Women got the same dosages regardless of their weight, medical conditions, or other drugs they might be taking that could interact with the sedation. Having one worker fill the syringe and another worker inject it hours later could easily lead to confusion about how much medication was administered and when.
Jayne further spoke about the danger of administering medication without written protocols:
[W]hen they would go ahead and sedate patients … there were no manuals, no procedures. … They had no idea how fast to push medicines. And one of the medicines we would push is called Versed and with that medicine, we’re supposed to give that over a certain time.
READ: Planned Parenthood’s plummeting health care services prove it’s not focused on women’s health
And I asked where the guideline was – you know where the guideline was for that, where was the procedure for how long to push that medicine – and they said, we don’t have that. And I said, you have to. I said you don’t have it? I can’t push it. So, I wouldn’t push it – I said, I’m not pushing that. They said, just slow. But slow doesn’t cut it, and a lot of times medicines have to be diluted with saline, so you don’t burn the person’s vein out. They don’t care.
Another problem, mentioned in a previous article, was that women were not given RhoGAM shots in cases where their bloodwork showed they were Rh negative. Not giving the shots could lead to future miscarriages or neonatal deaths in subsequent pregnancies. Jayne approached the medical director, Dr. Carol Myers, and complained about the lack of protocols for giving the RhoGAM shots and the resulting problem:
I said listen, we can’t do this. …[T]hese patients are leaving – they’re leaving without [the shots]. There’s no protocols…. And the doctor said, well, we need to work on that, that’s something, if you want to write a protocol – and I was like, wait a minute – I didn’t say I was going to be the one writing the protocol, you’re the doctor, you’re the one who really should be doing that.
As a nurse, Jayne knew she was not qualified to devise medical protocols. However, the abortionists at the facility had no interest in writing any.
Jayne ended up leaving Planned Parenthood in Delaware after failing in her attempts to get those running the facility to improve conditions. She could not continue working in a place that endangered women.
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