A European doctor prescribes abortion pills to U.S. women over the internet — but the FDA is watching

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Aid Access, an organization started by a Dutch doctor to offer abortion pills to women in the U.S., is defying an FDA warning by continuing to operate.

Women who order abortion pills online do so at some risk. It is illegal to order prescription medication online, although an FDA spokesperson confirmed that the agency “generally does not take enforcement action against individuals who purchase medicines online for their own personal use.” The FDA also notes that prescription medications purchased online are not FDA-regulated, and so could be contaminated or counterfeit.

Jill E. Adams, a lawyer and the executive director of If/When/How, an organization focused on reproductive justice. Some health care providers worry that women who self-induce abortion put themselves at risk, in part because they don’t have a physician overseeing their care: verifying how far along they are in a pregnancy and screening for risk factors, like an ectopic pregnancy.

When she received the medication, she induced the abortion by taking the mifepristone pill and then, 24 hours later, taking four misoprostol pills.

 

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The FDA can eat my ass.

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Dutch Doctor to the FDA:

Evil. They need to stop that 'doctor' asap. And use every legal means to stop him. US_FDA FDA_Drug_Info LSNCatholic LifeNewsHQ LilaGraceRose LiveAction daviddaleiden MattWalshBlog

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