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Fact sheet tells how to use abortion pill past FDA limits, warns of visible body parts
Though use of the abortion pill is limited to 10 weeks gestation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an abortion pill fact sheet on its use for 14-20 weeks gestation, published by the Reproductive Health Access Project (RHAP), tells women that after a second-trimester chemical abortion, they "may see [the] head, arms, or legs" of the aborted child, and instructs them to dispose of the remains "in the garbage with other household waste" unless they are small enough to flush down the toilet.
A fact sheet from the Reproductive Health Access Project instructs women about how to use the abortion pill beyond the FDA-approved gestational limit of 10 weeks.
The sheet guides abortion pill users about how to use abortion pills for 14-20 weeks gestation, which is during the second trimester of pregnancy. It does, however, state that the abortion pill is more likely to fail at later gestation.
Abortion pill manufacturers are contractually required to decertify prescribers out of compliance with the REMS for mifepristone Program (such as RHAP), but they have thus far decertified no one.
The fact sheet warns women that at 14 weeks or later, they are likely to see recognizable body parts of their aborted children.
The sheet instructs women to flush the remains down the toilet if small enough, but if too large, to wrap them in layers of plastic and dispose of the body in the household trash to avoid potential legal consequences.
WARNING: Image of abortion victim below.
RHAP claims on its website that it "trains, supports, and mobilizes primary care clinicians to ensure equitable access to sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion."
RHAP's Fact Sheet: How to Use Abortion Pills for 14-20 weeks, dated June 2026, explains how to use mifepristone and misoprostol "for an abortion between 14-20 weeks with simple-to-follow steps and illustrations."
Though the FDA has only approved the abortion pill regimen up to 10 weeks or 70 days of pregnancy, RHAP's "guide" leads women to assume it is safe and effective weeks later, well into the second trimester of pregnancy.
Groups like Planned Parenthood are not only prescribing the drug past FDA limits, but are selling the abortion pill without verifying pregnancy or "just in case," in clear violation of the FDA's REMS safety requirements.
RHAP's fact sheet tells women to first "[m]ake sure you are pregnant," and separately admits that "The FDA states that mifepristone is not approved for advanced provision of medication abortion."
The "guide" then acknowledges that the further along in pregnancy a woman is, the higher her chance that the abortion drug regimen, (mifepristone (200mg)/Mifeprex and misoprostol) will fail, increasing her risk for an incomplete abortion:
This guide shows you how to use pills for an abortion if you are 14 to 20 weeks pregnant. If you are less than 14 weeks pregnant, the process is different, and you can view the instructions in our How to Use Abortion Pills Fact Sheet...
Medication abortion becomes less effective the further along you are and it is more likely you will need help from a clinician....
Abortion pill manufacturers Danco Laboratories, GenBioPro, and Evita Solutions are contractually required to decertify any prescribers out of compliance with the REMS for mifepristone Program.
So far, as abortion pill manufacturers recently admitted to the Senate HELP committee, they have not decertified a single one.
Abortion pills work to end the life of a living preborn embryo or fetus. It is, in the simplest of terms, killing. In 2023, the FDA approved the mailing of the drugs as well as pharmacy dispensing.
Despite the best efforts of abortion propagandists, women have reported emotional trauma after seeing their dead child in the toilet or shower floor after a self-managed abortion at home.
RHAP's "guide" tells women they are likely to see fetal parts such as a "head, arms, or legs."
WHAT WILL I SEE?
You will pass blood, clots, a fetus, and a placenta. It is okay not to look. The fetus will be several inches long, and you may see a head, arms, or legs. If your pregnancy is early, the placenta may pass with the fetus and may be too small to see.
The placenta may pass after the fetus and may look like a blood clot. You may be able to feel the umbilical cord attached to the placenta. If so, you should not pull on the umbilical cord. You should keep using misoprostol every 3 hours until you pass both the fetus and placenta. If you are unsure, you may keep using misoprostol every 3 hours.
WARNING: Image of abortion victim below.
To make this fact sheet even more horrific, RHAP answers the question of what women should do with the "contents that [they] pass" as follows:
This depends on where you live and what you prefer. If everything is small enough to flush down the toilet, you may do that.
If you are around 15-16 weeks or later, the pregnancy may be too big.
To lower legal risk, you can wrap it in many layers of plastic and place it in the garbage with other household waste.
"Legal risk" is likely referring to the fact that improperly disposing of human remains, including human fetal remains, is illegal in certain states.
RHRP was founded in 2005 by Linda Prine, Ruth Lesnewski, and Lisa Maldonado —and according to Philanthropy.org, "Its largest funder is The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation" (Warren Buffett). RHAP publishes a few "fact sheets" on the abortion pill, which don't seem to provide as much detail as the other one discussed in this article..
The dehumanizing of the preborn child, as evident in this "guide," is hardening our culture and likely to lead to the further devaluing of life later in pregnancy and even after birth.
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Fact sheet tells how to use abortion pill past FDA limits, warns of visible body parts
Though use of the abortion pill is limited to 10 weeks gestation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an abortion pill fact sheet on its use for 14-20 weeks gestation, published by the Reproductive Health Access Project (RHAP), tells women that after a second-trimester chemical abortion, they "may see [the] head, arms, or legs" of the aborted child, and instructs them to dispose of the remains "in the garbage with other household waste" unless they are small enough to flush down the toilet.
A fact sheet from the Reproductive Health Access Project instructs women about how to use the abortion pill beyond the FDA-approved gestational limit of 10 weeks.
The sheet guides abortion pill users about how to use abortion pills for 14-20 weeks gestation, which is during the second trimester of pregnancy. It does, however, state that the abortion pill is more likely to fail at later gestation.
Abortion pill manufacturers are contractually required to decertify prescribers out of compliance with the REMS for mifepristone Program (such as RHAP), but they have thus far decertified no one.
The fact sheet warns women that at 14 weeks or later, they are likely to see recognizable body parts of their aborted children.
The sheet instructs women to flush the remains down the toilet if small enough, but if too large, to wrap them in layers of plastic and dispose of the body in the household trash to avoid potential legal consequences.
WARNING: Image of abortion victim below.
RHAP claims on its website that it "trains, supports, and mobilizes primary care clinicians to ensure equitable access to sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion."
RHAP's Fact Sheet: How to Use Abortion Pills for 14-20 weeks, dated June 2026, explains how to use mifepristone and misoprostol "for an abortion between 14-20 weeks with simple-to-follow steps and illustrations."
Though the FDA has only approved the abortion pill regimen up to 10 weeks or 70 days of pregnancy, RHAP's "guide" leads women to assume it is safe and effective weeks later, well into the second trimester of pregnancy.
Groups like Planned Parenthood are not only prescribing the drug past FDA limits, but are selling the abortion pill without verifying pregnancy or "just in case," in clear violation of the FDA's REMS safety requirements.
RHAP's fact sheet tells women to first "[m]ake sure you are pregnant," and separately admits that "The FDA states that mifepristone is not approved for advanced provision of medication abortion."
The "guide" then acknowledges that the further along in pregnancy a woman is, the higher her chance that the abortion drug regimen, (mifepristone (200mg)/Mifeprex and misoprostol) will fail, increasing her risk for an incomplete abortion:
This guide shows you how to use pills for an abortion if you are 14 to 20 weeks pregnant. If you are less than 14 weeks pregnant, the process is different, and you can view the instructions in our How to Use Abortion Pills Fact Sheet...
Medication abortion becomes less effective the further along you are and it is more likely you will need help from a clinician....
Abortion pill manufacturers Danco Laboratories, GenBioPro, and Evita Solutions are contractually required to decertify any prescribers out of compliance with the REMS for mifepristone Program.
So far, as abortion pill manufacturers recently admitted to the Senate HELP committee, they have not decertified a single one.
Abortion pills work to end the life of a living preborn embryo or fetus. It is, in the simplest of terms, killing. In 2023, the FDA approved the mailing of the drugs as well as pharmacy dispensing.
Despite the best efforts of abortion propagandists, women have reported emotional trauma after seeing their dead child in the toilet or shower floor after a self-managed abortion at home.
RHAP's "guide" tells women they are likely to see fetal parts such as a "head, arms, or legs."
WHAT WILL I SEE?
You will pass blood, clots, a fetus, and a placenta. It is okay not to look. The fetus will be several inches long, and you may see a head, arms, or legs. If your pregnancy is early, the placenta may pass with the fetus and may be too small to see.
The placenta may pass after the fetus and may look like a blood clot. You may be able to feel the umbilical cord attached to the placenta. If so, you should not pull on the umbilical cord. You should keep using misoprostol every 3 hours until you pass both the fetus and placenta. If you are unsure, you may keep using misoprostol every 3 hours.
WARNING: Image of abortion victim below.
To make this fact sheet even more horrific, RHAP answers the question of what women should do with the "contents that [they] pass" as follows:
This depends on where you live and what you prefer. If everything is small enough to flush down the toilet, you may do that.
If you are around 15-16 weeks or later, the pregnancy may be too big.
To lower legal risk, you can wrap it in many layers of plastic and place it in the garbage with other household waste.
"Legal risk" is likely referring to the fact that improperly disposing of human remains, including human fetal remains, is illegal in certain states.
RHRP was founded in 2005 by Linda Prine, Ruth Lesnewski, and Lisa Maldonado —and according to Philanthropy.org, "Its largest funder is The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation" (Warren Buffett). RHAP publishes a few "fact sheets" on the abortion pill, which don't seem to provide as much detail as the other one discussed in this article..
The dehumanizing of the preborn child, as evident in this "guide," is hardening our culture and likely to lead to the further devaluing of life later in pregnancy and even after birth.
Live Action News is pro-life news and commentary from a pro-life perspective.
Our work is possible because of our donors. Please consider giving to further our work of changing hearts and minds on issues of life and human dignity.
Contact editor@liveaction.org for questions, corrections, or if you are seeking permission to reprint any Live Action News content.
Guest Articles: To submit a guest article to Live Action News, email editor@liveaction.org with an attached Word document of 800-1000 words. Please also attach any photos relevant to your submission if applicable. If your submission is accepted for publication, you will be notified within three weeks. Guest articles are not compensated (see our Open License Agreement). Thank you for your interest in Live Action News!
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