Planned Parenthood kills two more mothers
The Food and Drug Administration announced last Friday that two more women have died from medical abortion procedures using RU-486 (also known as mifepristone or Mifeprex). Although the FDA did not disclose the exact time, place or cause of death, Planned Parenthood has acknowledged that it provided the two women with the medical abortions.
There have now been six known deaths in the United States associated with the use of the abortion drug, RU-486, since its approval for the market in 2000. At least four of these deaths came at Planned Parenthood facilities.
The Amherst Times reported:
When [RU-486] was first approved by the agency in 2000, the standard regimen was to give the drug in a doctor's office followed two days later by an oral dose of a different drug, misoprostol, also in a doctor's office. Women expelled the fetus over the following days or weeks in a process that mimicked a miscarriage. The procedure must begin within 49 days of conception.Soon after [its] approval, most Planned Parenthood doctors switched to a different regimen, instructing women to insert misoprostol vaginally at home two to three days after taking Mifeprex. Studies of the new regimen showed that it was effective, and it allowed women to take lower doses of misoprostol. It also meant fewer office visits for Planned Parenthood.
But this regimen was not approved by the drug agency. It is not unusual for doctors to use drugs differently from how they are officially approved. But as reports of deaths among women undergoing the procedure trickled into the FDA, government officials issued stern warnings that doctors should stick to the approved regimen.
Until Friday, Planned Parenthood had rejected those warnings.
Dr. Vanessa Cullins, vice president of medical affairs for Planned Parenthood, said in an interview that effective immediately the group would ask patients to take misoprostol orally instead of vaginally. Although the FDA has asked that this be done in doctors' offices, a Planned Parenthood spokeswoman said patients would still be asked to take the second drug at home.
"There is no single reason for the change" in policy by the group, Dr. Cullins said.
"We don't really know all the circumstances surrounding these women's deaths," she said.
So, even after four deaths of mothers at its own facilities, Planned Parenthood refuses to follow the FDA approved protocol in its entirety and still claims it has no apparent responsibility. Does Planned Parenthood expect us to view the fact that 67% of all the known deaths occurred at their facilities as mere coincidence?
The next time Planned Parenthood says it cares about its customers, remind everyone of how Planned Parenthood is reacting to the deaths of its customers.
South Dakota update
We spent the last four days in South Dakota thanking the legislators and pro-lifers for the state's wonderful abortion ban law.
We also asked what we can do to help as they are facing a probable referendum battle in November and a definite court challenge to the law. Based on what we heard, here are four things that you can begin doing immediately:
- Pray that God will use this law to end abortion in our land.
- Increase your local fight against Planned Parenthood.
- Understand that the law is passed. The time for discussing strategy is over. Every negative comment about the law works for Planned Parenthood and against the babies. Please get your own organization, and any others you know, to issue statements in support of the South Dakota law. If you will send those statements to us at stopp@all.org, we will make sure the right people in South Dakota get to see them. We need as many statements as possible, so please send them.
- Much of the fight in South Dakota is expected to center around exceptions for rape or incest. If you are aware of any women who conceived as the result of a rape and are willing to talk about their decision to keep or abort their child, please send us their contact information. We will not make the information public. Rather, we will compile a list and then contact the women when their statements would help the people in South Dakota save babies. Once again, please send the contact information to stopp@all.org.
Cecile Richards takes over as president of Planned Parenthood
In the last month, Cecile Richards has assumed the position of president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. We brought you information on Ms. Richards in our January 11 edition of the WSR.
We expect the Richards presidency to bring more political activism to Planned Parenthood as it tries to force its will on the American people through the courts and the state legislatures.
Stop Planned Parenthood Tax Funding campaign passes 10,000 mark
In just a few short weeks, we have seen the number of signers of our online petition effort pass 10,000. This is a great start. We encourage each of you who have signed the petition to get five other people to sign it. If you will take that as your task this week, we will see a dramatic increase in the signatures and will begin to get to the numbers we need to have a real effect on the dollars that go to Planned Parenthood.
The petition can be signed at: www.StopPlannedParenthoodTaxFunding.com.
Thank you for helping take our taxpayer money away from Planned Parenthood.
Leave a comment