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Virtual abortion pill dispensary disregards accuracy and safety
Though virtual abortion pill dispensary Abuzz Health attempts to use humor to advertise abortion drugs on social media, its lack of accuracy and seeming disregard for the safety of women and minors just aren't funny.
Abuzz Health, which dispenses abortion pills, tells minors that "even if [they] don't have support from your parents," they can get the abortion pill — and refers them to places providing it.
Despite the FDA's limit of 10 weeks for the abortion pill, Abuzz refers to providers who give it to women up to 12 weeks and 6 days.
Abuzz FAQs make incorrect claims about the safety and effectiveness of the abortion pill.
Abuzz also tells women they don't need to disclose they've taken abortion pills if they experience complications.
Abuzz is happy to refer almost anyone for an abortion, including underaged girls, telling minors:
If you’re under 18, the resources below can help you access abortion even if you don’t have support from your parents.
It them refers them to Jane’s Due Process , Plan C Pills , and INeedAnA.
AbortionFinder.org notes, "Abuzz offers telehealth abortion pill visit and abortion pill mail delivery in all 50 states" (emphasis original).
The FDA has only approved use of the abortion pill up to 10 weeks of pregnancy, yet Abuzz's FAQs page tells women (emphasis added):
The clinicians we refer to will send the pills to people up to 12 weeks and 6 days pregnant. If you are 13 weeks pregnant or more, you can find services here.
The organization also promotes "just in case" abortion pills, outside Food and Drug Administration (FDA) REMS safety requirements. It lists PlanC as a place women can get abortion pills "in advance" of a confirmed pregnancy.
Also in its FAQs, Abuzz tells women:
You can store the pills for at least two years (and probably longer) in a cool, dry, dark place. It’s not recommended to store them in the bathroom because the heat and humidity can make the pills less effective.
Abuzz falsely claims the drugs are "safer than Tylenol" (debunked here and here) and advises women that "The combination of mifepristone and misoprostol has been shown to be 98% effective at ending a pregnancy."
But these claims are misleading.
Even the drug maker's own medication guide states the drug's failure rate is between 2-7% depending on gestation. When abortion pills are prescribed later into gestation (which Reddit users claim Abuzz does), failure rates and complications rise as well.
In addition, despite having a black box warning on the label for serious infections, hemorrhage, and the possibility of sepsis, Abuzz minimizes the risks, telling women infections "occur in less than 2% of all abortions." But infection isn't the only possible serious adverse event that can result from taking the abortion pill; the FDA’s 2023 mifepristone label acknowledged that 2.9 to 4.6% of women who take the drug require emergency care, and six percent (6%) who took the abortion pill in a telehealth study required emergency care.
Despite the flippant sales pitch, Abuzz separately advises women to "Have a plan for how to get emergency medical care in the unlikely event that you need it."
But, when that occurs — and it could — Abuzz tells potential abortion pill users, "You do not need to say that you took abortion pills." In other words, this encourages women to deceive medical personnel by claiming they are having a natural miscarriage instead.
This intentionally skews potential adverse event reports to the FDA. It also makes pregnancy and natural miscarriage appear more risky.
Online, Abuzz claims its "mission is to expand access to abortion by linking people to accurate information, pills by mail, and clinician support if desired," writing, "We aim to provide anti-racist, judgment-free, and queer-friendly care."
A lawsuit filed by three pro-life states against abortion pill businesses shipping the drug illegally into their state claimed "Abuzz, for example, proclaims that it will mail abortion drugs to 'any zip code' and 'all 50 states—'[e]ven states with bans and restrictions."
The lawsuit added:
Abuzz, LLC is a Massachusetts limited liability company located at 125 Westgate Center Drive #1036, Hadley, MA 01035. Abuzz, LLC operates the domain abuzzhealth.com. Its resident agent is Registered Agents Inc., 82 Wendell Ave., Ste. 100, Pittsfield, MA 01201.
... Abuzz engages in a widespread marketing campaign on social media that tries to glamorize abortion drugs, making them appear safe, easy, and normal. For example, Abuzz posts memes lauding access to abortion drugs to everyone “regardless of a zip code.” It also posts images placing abortion drugs alongside everyday items like sunglasses and wallets.
Through its website abuzzhealth.com, Abuzz advertises abortion drugs via “fast, discreet shipping."
... Abuzz does not provide any in-person screening for known contraindications of abortion drugs, such as bleeding disorders, certain medications, IUDs, gestation age, and ectopic pregnancy.
To the contrary, Abuzz discourages women from receiving this type of care, stating that the need for an ultrasound is a “myth,” that patients with IUDs do not need to take them out, and that blood tests (or knowledge of blood type) is not needed because patients with Rh-negative blood type do not need to worry about negative effects until after twelve weeks of pregnancy.
If there is no accurate knowledge of gestational age, and no real limit as to how late in pregnancy women are taking the drugs without supervision, then Abuzz is treating lightly any possible risk to women's future pregnancies and preborn children.
"Plaintiff States do not know every prescriber behind Abuzz, but they know of at least two: Defendant Christie Pitney and Defendant Manisha Kumar," the lawsuit added, alleging that Abuzz has mailed abortion drugs based on "fabricated pregnancy and patient information."
Like the days leading up to and shortly after Roe v. Wade, virtual abortion pill dispensaries like Abuzz are providing anything but health care, with some admitting to having little-to-no interaction with clients and offering no follow-up.
That sort of recklessness can be harmful and sometimes deadly to women.
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·Abortion Pill·By Carole Novielli
Virtual abortion pill dispensary disregards accuracy and safety
Though virtual abortion pill dispensary Abuzz Health attempts to use humor to advertise abortion drugs on social media, its lack of accuracy and seeming disregard for the safety of women and minors just aren't funny.
Abuzz Health, which dispenses abortion pills, tells minors that "even if [they] don't have support from your parents," they can get the abortion pill — and refers them to places providing it.
Despite the FDA's limit of 10 weeks for the abortion pill, Abuzz refers to providers who give it to women up to 12 weeks and 6 days.
Abuzz FAQs make incorrect claims about the safety and effectiveness of the abortion pill.
Abuzz also tells women they don't need to disclose they've taken abortion pills if they experience complications.
Abuzz is happy to refer almost anyone for an abortion, including underaged girls, telling minors:
If you’re under 18, the resources below can help you access abortion even if you don’t have support from your parents.
It them refers them to Jane’s Due Process , Plan C Pills , and INeedAnA.
AbortionFinder.org notes, "Abuzz offers telehealth abortion pill visit and abortion pill mail delivery in all 50 states" (emphasis original).
The FDA has only approved use of the abortion pill up to 10 weeks of pregnancy, yet Abuzz's FAQs page tells women (emphasis added):
The clinicians we refer to will send the pills to people up to 12 weeks and 6 days pregnant. If you are 13 weeks pregnant or more, you can find services here.
The organization also promotes "just in case" abortion pills, outside Food and Drug Administration (FDA) REMS safety requirements. It lists PlanC as a place women can get abortion pills "in advance" of a confirmed pregnancy.
Also in its FAQs, Abuzz tells women:
You can store the pills for at least two years (and probably longer) in a cool, dry, dark place. It’s not recommended to store them in the bathroom because the heat and humidity can make the pills less effective.
Abuzz falsely claims the drugs are "safer than Tylenol" (debunked here and here) and advises women that "The combination of mifepristone and misoprostol has been shown to be 98% effective at ending a pregnancy."
But these claims are misleading.
Even the drug maker's own medication guide states the drug's failure rate is between 2-7% depending on gestation. When abortion pills are prescribed later into gestation (which Reddit users claim Abuzz does), failure rates and complications rise as well.
In addition, despite having a black box warning on the label for serious infections, hemorrhage, and the possibility of sepsis, Abuzz minimizes the risks, telling women infections "occur in less than 2% of all abortions." But infection isn't the only possible serious adverse event that can result from taking the abortion pill; the FDA’s 2023 mifepristone label acknowledged that 2.9 to 4.6% of women who take the drug require emergency care, and six percent (6%) who took the abortion pill in a telehealth study required emergency care.
Despite the flippant sales pitch, Abuzz separately advises women to "Have a plan for how to get emergency medical care in the unlikely event that you need it."
But, when that occurs — and it could — Abuzz tells potential abortion pill users, "You do not need to say that you took abortion pills." In other words, this encourages women to deceive medical personnel by claiming they are having a natural miscarriage instead.
This intentionally skews potential adverse event reports to the FDA. It also makes pregnancy and natural miscarriage appear more risky.
Online, Abuzz claims its "mission is to expand access to abortion by linking people to accurate information, pills by mail, and clinician support if desired," writing, "We aim to provide anti-racist, judgment-free, and queer-friendly care."
A lawsuit filed by three pro-life states against abortion pill businesses shipping the drug illegally into their state claimed "Abuzz, for example, proclaims that it will mail abortion drugs to 'any zip code' and 'all 50 states—'[e]ven states with bans and restrictions."
The lawsuit added:
Abuzz, LLC is a Massachusetts limited liability company located at 125 Westgate Center Drive #1036, Hadley, MA 01035. Abuzz, LLC operates the domain abuzzhealth.com. Its resident agent is Registered Agents Inc., 82 Wendell Ave., Ste. 100, Pittsfield, MA 01201.
... Abuzz engages in a widespread marketing campaign on social media that tries to glamorize abortion drugs, making them appear safe, easy, and normal. For example, Abuzz posts memes lauding access to abortion drugs to everyone “regardless of a zip code.” It also posts images placing abortion drugs alongside everyday items like sunglasses and wallets.
Through its website abuzzhealth.com, Abuzz advertises abortion drugs via “fast, discreet shipping."
... Abuzz does not provide any in-person screening for known contraindications of abortion drugs, such as bleeding disorders, certain medications, IUDs, gestation age, and ectopic pregnancy.
To the contrary, Abuzz discourages women from receiving this type of care, stating that the need for an ultrasound is a “myth,” that patients with IUDs do not need to take them out, and that blood tests (or knowledge of blood type) is not needed because patients with Rh-negative blood type do not need to worry about negative effects until after twelve weeks of pregnancy.
If there is no accurate knowledge of gestational age, and no real limit as to how late in pregnancy women are taking the drugs without supervision, then Abuzz is treating lightly any possible risk to women's future pregnancies and preborn children.
"Plaintiff States do not know every prescriber behind Abuzz, but they know of at least two: Defendant Christie Pitney and Defendant Manisha Kumar," the lawsuit added, alleging that Abuzz has mailed abortion drugs based on "fabricated pregnancy and patient information."
Like the days leading up to and shortly after Roe v. Wade, virtual abortion pill dispensaries like Abuzz are providing anything but health care, with some admitting to having little-to-no interaction with clients and offering no follow-up.
That sort of recklessness can be harmful and sometimes deadly to women.
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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