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In several European countries, a US-based anti-abortion organisation connected undercover reporters to local doctors for a dangerous abortion reversal treatment. euronews.com/2021/03/25/doc…

A medical abortion, possible for women who are less than 10 weeks pregnant, involves taking two pills that are up to 48 hours apart.

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Supporters of abortion "reversal" claim that after taking the first pill, a woman can reverse the abortion before taking the second pill by taking high doses of progesterone. But this isn’t grounded in scientific evidence.

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Not only that, but the treatment also puts women at risk.

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Anti-abortion activists claim that scientific studies on the effectiveness and safety of the procedure are biased.

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Undercover journalists who contacted US-based Heartbeat International about the treatment were put in touch with local doctors who were willing to prescribe the unproven medication.

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Women rights advocates have called on governments to do more to investigate and regulate the unproven practice.

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But legal regulation may prove tricky.

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A US expert pointed out that the practice was still new in many European countries, meaning that governments and medical societies hadn't put in place appropriate safeguards yet.

Read more about what the investigators found below. 👇 bit.ly/3vSomzQ