New Investigation Exposes Dangerous Abortion Pill Practices
A troubling investigation reveals how chemical abortion continues to put women at serious risk.
Live Action’s undercover investigation found that Planned Parenthood facilities fail to implement basic safety protocols when distributing mifepristone and misoprostol — the two drugs that make up the RU-486 abortion regimen.
Women receive these dangerous drugs without ultrasounds, medical screenings, or proper follow-up appointments.
The investigation shows abortionists are operating more like drug dispensaries than medical facilities.
This is deeply troubling, given that research shows nearly 11% of women experience serious health complications from abortion pills. A recent study by the experts at the Ethics and Public Policy Center found the abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol are at least 22 times more dangerous than the U.S. Food and Drug Administration labeling indicates. Complications from these abortion drugs include sepsis, infection, and life-threatening hemorrhage.
Making matters worse, instead of cracking down on abortion drugs, the FDA approved a generic version of mifepristone in September, and lawmakers in some states have enacted “shield laws” to protect abortionists who ship abortion drugs across the country. If an abortionist in one of these states mails abortion drugs to Arkansas, the state’s “shield law” prevents the abortionist from being prosecuted.
Groups like Planned Parenthood have also opened abortion facilities within driving distance of pro-life states, and abortionists are spending millions of dollars to promote abortion to women in Arkansas and elsewhere. Those are all serious problems.
There is nothing “safe” about abortion drugs. Abortion drugs kill unborn children and they hurt women. They simply should not be for sale in America.
For more information on this investigation, visit LifeNews.com and Live Action’s report.
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French Senate Kills Bad Euthanasia Bill
Dangerous euthanasia legislation in France recently stalled in the country’s Senate, exposing deep divisions over whether doctors should help patients end their lives.
The French Senate rejected a key article of the bill that would have defined conditions for so-called “medical aid in dying.” In an unusual move, both conservatives and socialists voted against the measure, though for different reasons.
Conservative senators reportedly thought the measure made it too easy to obtain lethal drugs. Socialist senators opposed the bill because they felt it didn’t go far enough in expanding access to euthanasia.
The legislation would legalized assisted suicide for any patient in an “advanced phase” of illness—with possible months to live. The bill’s supporters had tried to compromise by limiting access to patients at the very end of life, but even that wasn’t enough to bridge the divide.
The deadlock highlights a fundamental division between those who support the sanctity of life and those who want to expand access to doctor-assisted death.
Euthanasia is already legal in several European countries. Countries like Belgium and the Netherlands have expanded assisted suicide to allow euthanasia for mental illness, depression, and dementia. What starts as a “compassionate choice” eventually devolves into routine killing.
In 2019 a Canadian man with ALS made headlines when he chose to take his own life under the country’s assisted suicide and euthanasia laws after the government chose not to provide him with 24-hour home healthcare services due to cost.
Recent news articles allege that an elderly woman in Ontario — dubbed “Mrs. B” in official reports — was euthanized against her after her elderly husband began “experiencing caregiver burnout.” Her husband reportedly requested “an urgent assessment” of his wife’s eligibility for assisted suicide. She was euthanized that evening.
In parts of the U.S. where physician-assisted suicide is legal, insurance companies have refused to pay for patients’ medical care, but have offered to cover assisted-suicide drugs.
Arkansas has strong protections for human life. Our state should learn from other countries’ struggles with assisted suicide and euthanasia. When governments start deciding who lives and who dies, they cross a line that threatens the most vulnerable among us.
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