The Abortion Pill Reversal Network (APRN) has launched a new webpage for women facing reproductive coercion, warning that some women report being pressured to take — or even unknowingly given — abortion drugs and encouraging those in danger to seek immediate medical assistance, Pregnancy Help News announced June 3.
The new webpage urges women who believe they were coerced into taking abortion pills to “trust [their] instincts” and immediately seek medical attention because reports have indicated abortion pills have been administered without consent through food, drinks, or medication substitutions.
As Zeale News previously reported, chemical abortions now account for the majority of abortions nationwide. A recent report attributed the surge in part to Biden administration policy changes that eliminated in-person dispensing requirements for the abortion drug mifepristone, expanding access to abortion pills through telehealth and mail-order prescriptions.
Christa Brown, Heartbeat International’s senior director of medical impact, oversees the APRN. She said more and more women have told the organization they believe they were given abortion pills without their consent.
“We receive calls from women who are held hostage in bedrooms, bathrooms and closets, who are in the middle of an abortion they never consented to,” Brown said, according to Pregnancy Help News.
Brown added that APRN works to defend women and pre-born children who have been victimized by abusers and an abortion industry “without guardrails.”
APRN connects women with licensed medical professionals who can provide abortion pill reversal treatment after the first drug in a chemical abortion regimen has been taken. The protocol involves administering progesterone in an effort to save the life of the pre-born child.
As Zeale News previously reported, more than 8,000 pre-born lives have been saved through APRN since its founding in 2008.