A new study reveals that many women may be surprised by the intensity of the pain they feel following a chemical abortion.
The studypublished this week in the journal BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, surveyed women in the United Kingdom who had taken abortion pills to end a pregnancy and asked them about the pain they felt.
About half of those surveyed said the pain they felt was more than they expected. The majority of respondents (92%) rated their pain at least 4 out of 10 on the pain scale, while more than 40% of respondents rated their pain as severe (8 to 10).
Abortion pills, also known as chemical or medical abortioninvolve dual therapy including mifepristone and misoprostol to terminate a pregnancy. These pills are the most common abortion method offered by U.S. providers, accounting for more than 60 percent of all abortions nationally, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
FILE – A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medical abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kansas, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. A law requiring doctors to disclose the methods of stopping medication Induced abortions will not be carried out pending a court decision. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, file)
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Nearly 1,600 women responded to the survey, the majority being aged 20 to 39. About half of those surveyed said they had never given birth before.
Two thirds of those surveyed said they would choose the abortion pill again if necessary in the future, but 13% of those surveyed said they would opt for a surgical abortion, with the majority of this group citing pain as a factor. intense they felt.
While some women felt the pain was no worse than menstrual cramps, other women who responded to the survey called the pain much worse than they expected. These women said the level of pain was “minimized” or “watered down” in the information they were given by medical professionals before taking the pills.
“The pain was so much worse than period pain, it was like having contractions during labor. I’ve given birth three times and the pain really wasn’t much different from this pain, from contraction pain,” said one interviewee.
Pro-abortion activists participate in the “Rally for Our Freedom” to protect Floridians’ abortion rights in Orlando, Florida. (Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty) (CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)
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The researchers concluded that patients should receive “accurate and realistic information about pain” to manage it and support “informed consent for the choice of abortion method.”
“Women want more detailed and realistic information to make treatment choices and prepare for medical abortion if that is their preference,” wrote the study’s lead author, Hannah McCulloh. “And medical abortion is a very safe and effective choice. This evaluation led us at BPAS to create new patient materials and provide additional training for staff, which we are currently evaluating.”
Pro-life activist Abby Johnsona former director of Planned Parenthood who now helps women leave the abortion industry, said the new study reveals a truth about chemical abortions that isn’t often talked about.
“It’s about time a study like this was published because women don’t know the truth about what happens during a medical abortion or the true extent of the pain they may feel,” Johnson said in a press release.
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“I hope they realize that they were never told the truth about their medical abortion and that, unfortunately, their desperation was used as a source of revenue by the abortion industry. “is certainly how I felt when I was given the abortion pills and sent home happily, only to later experience the absolute horror of what a medical abortion felt like.” she added.
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The abortion pill was first approved in the United States by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2000 and can be administered in First 10 weeks of pregnancy.
In June, the Supreme Court has spoken out against a challenge to the FDA’s regulatory approval process for mifepristone filed by a group of pro-life doctors and medical associations.
Lower courts concluded that the federal agency failed to fully consider potential risks to women’s health when revising mifepristone regulations starting in 2016. These revisions – updated for the latest times in 2023 – include reducing the recommended dose, allowing the drug to be used up to 10 weeks of pregnancy. (from seven weeks), approving a generic version and allowing it to be sent by mail (eliminating in-person medical visits), among other measures.
The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, DC (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) (AP Photo)
The Biden administration and the maker of mifepristone have asked the Court to overturn an appellate ruling that would cut off access to the drug through the mail and impose other restrictions, even in states where abortion remains legal .
In a victory for the Biden administration and abortion rights supporters, the Supreme Court preserved access to the abortion pill, ruling unanimously that the FDA’s opponents lacked standing to sue the government.
Brianna Herlihy and Melissa Rudy of Fox News contributed to this report.
