Ingrid Skop, M.D., FACOG

Determination of Rh D status is critically important, as it may initiate interventions to prevent severe pregnancy complications in future pregnancies.

After years of failure to obtain accurate statistics on maternal mortality, researchers noted a sharp increase in the United States’ maternal mortality with widening racial disparities. Much discussion has followed about possible etiologies of the rise, but the existence of severe deficiencies in data collection and analysis is agreed upon by all.

To reach accurate conclusions regarding physical complications following abortion, an observer must view the abortion industry’s claims with skepticism and seek additional information to find the truth. Any abortion can result in complications, particularly if performed by a poorly skilled or otherwise compromised abortionist.

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. 

Although U.S. chemical abortion complication data is difficult to obtain due to voluntary reporting and other known deficiencies in data collection, better quality international data indicates that complications occur relatively frequently, with 3-8% of women requiring surgical completion. 

Previous research indicates that an increasing number of women who go to an emergency room for complications following an induced abortion are treated for a miscarriage, meaning their abortion is miscoded or concealed.

There are humane medical interventions that aim for both mother and her unborn child to live when possible and do not inflict direct violence on the unborn child.

Many undocumented assumptions have been made to portray unsupervised, “self-managed” medical abortion as safe. These erroneous conclusions will, in fact, cause the procedure to become more dangerous for a woman seeking abortion, and will be addressed below.

A particularly malignant form of “misinformation” is being spread to women today.  Flawed information regarding “self-managed” abortion has the potential to seriously injure the women I care for as an obstetrician/gynecologist.

The failure of abortion providers to support and undertake prospective longitudinal studies of a nationally representative sample of women contributes to our belief that the ideological biases of abortion providers have led to a combination of disinterest, willful ignorance, or even a conspiracy to hide the widespread dangers of unwanted and contraindicated abortions.