Had a lady call me the other day who did see a doctor, and was STILL given the meds when she was past 10 weeks (70 days) since LMP.
She wanted to try the reversal bc she didn't take the 2nd set of meds & the next day, she got an u/s done and the baby's heart was still beating.
After about week 8, it starts getting iffy that the mifeprex/mifepristone/RU-486 will effectively block progesterone enough to kill the baby, bc the placenta is starting to take over producing the progesterone needed to sustain pregnancy by then.
REMS are important.
For pro-choice people especially, think of this:
Woman in above scenario did NOT want to reverse. She wanted to abort. What if her abortion failed? Second round of meds, second round of payment. Or possibly surgery, and of course paying for that. And guess what? She'd have to
see someone face-to-face for that. Incomplete abortion is also more common the longer since the LMP it's been. Again, that can require a second round of meds and/or surgery to complete the abortion. Is this really caring about women's health?
It's just another way to put her at risk for prolonging her abortion, prolonging her experience mentally and physically, and making her pay more money than she expected to.
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