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Use of the abortion pill has tripled in Hawaii
Hawaii, where abortion is legal for any reason through about 24 weeks, has seen chemical abortions triple in the last decade.
Surgical abortions were previously the majority of abortions committed in Hawaii.
In the last 10 years, use of the abortion pill, also known as chemical abortions, has tripled.
Three out of every four abortions in Hawaii are now committed using abortion pills.
Hawaii is one of the most pro-abortion states in the country.
According to the Honolulu Civil Beat, surgical abortions have declined in Hawaii, while use of the abortion pill has skyrocketed. In the last year, three out of every four abortions were committed using abortion pills; surgical abortions, meanwhile, have fallen to the lowest number in 10 years.
Chemical abortions began comprising the majority of abortions in Hawaii in 2021, at 56%, and the number has only grown since then.
Part of the growth is likely due to mail-order abortion pills being so easily available; only Maui and Oahu have physical abortion facilities where women undergo a surgical abortions, meaning women on any of the other islands would need to fly for a procedure. In total, there are three abortion facilities, two of which are operated by Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion chain. Even then, surgical abortions are only committed on a weekly or biweekly basis.
Colleen McNicholas, an executive with Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai'i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, told the Civil Beat that this is an example of the need for telehealth abortions. “The decision to end a pregnancy is really personal, and that extends into how they choose to end that pregnancy,” she said.
What was not acknowledged by McNicholas, or other abortion advocates, is how much risk is involved with the abortion pill, particularly mail-order abortion pills, in which a woman does not see a doctor in person, and takes the pills alone in her home, without medical supervision.
In 2021, the FDA temporarily enabled abortion pill distribution by mail and expanded the REMS safety rules to limited mail-order pharmacy distribution; REMS was further weakened by eliminating the in-person dispensing requirement, which allowed the abortion pill to be permanently shipped by mail. (Details of the full timeline of the abortion pill in the U.S. can be read here.)
The abortion industry has been advertising mifepristone as safe, despite a lack of reporting any adverse events that are non-fatal. The abortion pill is frequently described as "safer than Tylenol" or Viagra. Yet as Live Action News' previously explained:
A valid comparison of hospital visit frequency must account for the frequency with which both drugs are taken. Fortunately, this data is available. This 2016 study sought to analyze trends in acetaminophen-related adverse events, and tracked the rate of annual ER visits relative to annual sales of the drug. It found that, for the year 2012 (the most recent year covered by the study), there were 282.1 acetaminophen-related ER visits for every 1 (one) million units sold. Assuming typical dosage to be equivalent to two tablets, this means that .056% of doses sold resulted in a hospital visit (282.1/500,000 = .00056).
But even this number is inflated compared to mifepristone’s hospital visit rate, because it includes children and people who intentionally overdosed, populations which are irrelevant to mifepristone’s calculations.
And what is mifepristone’s hospital visit rate?
A recent study conducted by the abortion industry itself found an ER and urgent care visit rate of 6%. That’s 107 times greater than the rate for acetaminophen/Tylenol, which again, is actually a low number if we were to compare equivalent populations.
An analysis of a large insurance database found that adverse events occurred at a rate 22 times higher than what was reported on the FDA label. Another study found chemical abortions to be four times more dangerous than first-trimester surgical abortions, while still another study from Ireland found 12% of women had to go to the emergency room for bleeding or infection, and an additional 16% suffered incomplete abortions after taking the abortion pill.
Another study found that women were not prepared for how painful the chemical abortion process would be.
Abortion pills take one life — that of the preborn baby — and harm countless women. That they are becoming so common is nothing to celebrate.
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·Use of the abortion pill has tripled in Hawaii
Hawaii, where abortion is legal for any reason through about 24 weeks, has seen chemical abortions triple in the last decade.
Surgical abortions were previously the majority of abortions committed in Hawaii.
In the last 10 years, use of the abortion pill, also known as chemical abortions, has tripled.
Three out of every four abortions in Hawaii are now committed using abortion pills.
Hawaii is one of the most pro-abortion states in the country.
According to the Honolulu Civil Beat, surgical abortions have declined in Hawaii, while use of the abortion pill has skyrocketed. In the last year, three out of every four abortions were committed using abortion pills; surgical abortions, meanwhile, have fallen to the lowest number in 10 years.
Chemical abortions began comprising the majority of abortions in Hawaii in 2021, at 56%, and the number has only grown since then.
Part of the growth is likely due to mail-order abortion pills being so easily available; only Maui and Oahu have physical abortion facilities where women undergo a surgical abortions, meaning women on any of the other islands would need to fly for a procedure. In total, there are three abortion facilities, two of which are operated by Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion chain. Even then, surgical abortions are only committed on a weekly or biweekly basis.
Colleen McNicholas, an executive with Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai'i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, told the Civil Beat that this is an example of the need for telehealth abortions. “The decision to end a pregnancy is really personal, and that extends into how they choose to end that pregnancy,” she said.
What was not acknowledged by McNicholas, or other abortion advocates, is how much risk is involved with the abortion pill, particularly mail-order abortion pills, in which a woman does not see a doctor in person, and takes the pills alone in her home, without medical supervision.
In 2021, the FDA temporarily enabled abortion pill distribution by mail and expanded the REMS safety rules to limited mail-order pharmacy distribution; REMS was further weakened by eliminating the in-person dispensing requirement, which allowed the abortion pill to be permanently shipped by mail. (Details of the full timeline of the abortion pill in the U.S. can be read here.)
The abortion industry has been advertising mifepristone as safe, despite a lack of reporting any adverse events that are non-fatal. The abortion pill is frequently described as "safer than Tylenol" or Viagra. Yet as Live Action News' previously explained:
A valid comparison of hospital visit frequency must account for the frequency with which both drugs are taken. Fortunately, this data is available. This 2016 study sought to analyze trends in acetaminophen-related adverse events, and tracked the rate of annual ER visits relative to annual sales of the drug. It found that, for the year 2012 (the most recent year covered by the study), there were 282.1 acetaminophen-related ER visits for every 1 (one) million units sold. Assuming typical dosage to be equivalent to two tablets, this means that .056% of doses sold resulted in a hospital visit (282.1/500,000 = .00056).
But even this number is inflated compared to mifepristone’s hospital visit rate, because it includes children and people who intentionally overdosed, populations which are irrelevant to mifepristone’s calculations.
And what is mifepristone’s hospital visit rate?
A recent study conducted by the abortion industry itself found an ER and urgent care visit rate of 6%. That’s 107 times greater than the rate for acetaminophen/Tylenol, which again, is actually a low number if we were to compare equivalent populations.
An analysis of a large insurance database found that adverse events occurred at a rate 22 times higher than what was reported on the FDA label. Another study found chemical abortions to be four times more dangerous than first-trimester surgical abortions, while still another study from Ireland found 12% of women had to go to the emergency room for bleeding or infection, and an additional 16% suffered incomplete abortions after taking the abortion pill.
Another study found that women were not prepared for how painful the chemical abortion process would be.
Abortion pills take one life — that of the preborn baby — and harm countless women. That they are becoming so common is nothing to celebrate.
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.
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