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Abortionists push online access to abortion pills amid coronavirus panic
Live Action News ^ | March 12, 2020 | Brittany Hughes

Posted on 03/12/2020 7:54:17 PM PDT by Morgana

(MRC-TV) Amid mass panic over the seemingly inevitable coronavirus outbreak sweeping the country, some in the abortion industry are using the widespread alarm to tout the importance of…abortion.

Why? Well, that’s unclear, given that abortion has nothing at all to do with the coronavirus. Even still, several abortionists and abortion advocates have taken to Twitter to stump for the public’s “right” to access abortion pills via telemedicine (i.e., an online consultation without having to physically see a doctor).

Dr. Dustin Costescu, an OBGYN, associate professor and “sexual medicine specialist” at McMaster University, tweeted that “self-managed abortion is safe” and “avoids in person appointments,” inexplicably predicting that telemedicine abortion “will be necessary to address the increased incidence of unintended pregnancies that will result from self-quarantine.”

After claiming that at-home abortions via the abortion pill are “safe,” Costescu seemingly contradicted himself by adding that “Systems need to be prepared to respond to possible complications from failed self-management, including ectopic pregnancy and bleeding.”

“But,” he simultaneously said, “abortion by telemedicine or self management are safe and effective strategies to reduce visits during the outbreak.”

Dr. Daniel Grossman, another vocal abortionist with a large Twitter following, retweeted Costescu’s statements, adding that the coronavirus is “a reminder of why we must expand telemedicine to patients, including for medication abortion.”

“Patients should have access to healthcare, whether they are able to make it to the clinic or not,” he wrote. “Self-managed abortion and telemedicine can ensure they receive care.”

READ: If the abortion industry has its way, abortion will no longer be ‘between a woman and her doctor’

The big push for online abortion pills prescribed via telemedicine comes just after the Ohio state Senate passed a bill that would outlaw telemedicine abortions within the state, requiring instead that physicians be certified to distribute the drugs, as well as mandating that an in-person evaluation be conducted before a patient is prescribed the abortion medication.

The drug centers on two drugs. Mifepristone, or “Mifeprex,” is a synthetic steroid. When taken in conjunction with misoprostol, the combination carries a 95 percent success rate of forcing a woman’s body to miscarry. Because of its function, it’s recommended that the drug only be taken up until the 10th week of pregnancy. The roughly five percent of children who survive the process are at much greater risk of birth defects.

While abortion supporters say the medication carries a low risk of complications, the FDA warns against women with certain conditions taking these drugs, as side effects can include uncontrolled bleeding that requires surgery, sepsis, flu-like symptoms and even death. The FDA added it has “received reports of serious adverse events in women who took Mifeprex, including “one case of ectopic pregnancy resulting in death; several cases of severe systemic infection (also called sepsis), including some that were fatal; and a single case of non-fatal heart attack.”


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: abortion; abortionpill; coronavirus; prolife; ru486; telemed; webcam

1 posted on 03/12/2020 7:54:17 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

But, but, a woman’s health is paramount. Besides, having a baby might make her late for work and harm her career. There must be priorities!

These people are grotesque, evil caricatures of human beings.


2 posted on 03/12/2020 8:08:47 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: Morgana

Compare the hysteria currently gripping the follower class in America concerning a Coronavirus strain with the ambivalence to killing millions of unborn children. Common sense is non-existent in this country.


3 posted on 03/12/2020 8:08:54 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: Morgana

Like i have said everyone is using this hyped up excuse to push their agendas and go for things that would never stand a chance normally.


4 posted on 03/12/2020 8:12:16 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Morgana

Trump needs to get on these people for polticizing the virus issue by pushing all their totally nonrelated political agendas and pet peeves.


5 posted on 03/12/2020 8:13:01 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Morgana
No wonder they're pumping the Crisis BS. Hoverer bad this thing is it doesn't justify increasing convenience of murdering infants in the womb.
6 posted on 03/12/2020 8:22:09 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: Morgana

I don’t suppose the abortion providers tell their clients that they are more at risk of getting Wuhan Flu from sex than they are going to a pharmacy for their kill pills.


7 posted on 03/12/2020 9:47:37 PM PDT by TigersEye (MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
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