Ingrid Skop, M.D., FACOG

If mifepristone is unavailable, patients will not suffer, for there are several other effective options available for treating a miscarriage. Fearmongering about an inability to treat miscarriages in the aftermath of Dobbs should be recognized for the ideologically driven, pro-abortion rhetoric that it is.

It is a scientific fact that the embryo or fetus within the mother’s womb is a distinct human being, and, consequently, abortion ends the life of that human being.

Opill, the first nonprescription oral contraceptive pill (OCP) to be granted FDA approval, is a synthetic progesterone (norgestrel) 0.075 mg tablet taken daily (with no placebo week). The following are important facts for women and physicians to know as Opill hits the market for the first time in 2024.

Most on the left vehemently oppose any legislative limits on abortion, and some on the right, even if they identify as pro-life, are of the opinion that a federal limit on late abortions would fail to find consensus and so could not be passed.

Limiting abortion will not prohibit any life-saving medical interventions, as is clearly shown by every pro-life state law having exceptions for the life of the mother.

Abortion providers often abandon women who suffer complications from their procedures to be treated by other facilities.

Every state with strong pro-life laws allows doctors to intervene to save a woman’s life in a medical emergency.

A first pregnancy abortion, compared to a birth, is associated with significantly higher subsequent mental health services utilization following the first pregnancy outcome. The risk attributable to abortion is notably higher for inpatient than outpatient mental health services.

In response to the AHM v. FDA lawsuit, The New York Times (NYT) published an article they said proves definitively that abortion pills are “safe and effective.” This paper will address the limitations of the NYT’s conclusions and provide a framework for a thorough examination of the entirety of the literature on this subject.

As abortion limits have been implemented in many states in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, some perplexing recommendations have been advanced by abortion advocates and their media allies.