Thread by @LozierInstitute

🧵The rate of abortion-related emergency room visits following a chemical abortion increased over 500% between 2002-2015. Yet the @US_FDA is considering removing longstanding safeguards on the abortion pill. Read on to learn why this is dangerous. lozierinstitute.org/public-health-… 1/6

A new CLI longitudinal study examined the largest universe of actual US pregnancy outcomes ever analyzed, using Medicaid data from 1999 to 2015 which shows chemical abortion is not as safe as the abortion industry claims. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… 2/6

As compared to surgical abortion, women who had a chemical abortion had a:

➡ 22% greater risk of ER visit for any reason
➡ 53% greater risk of ER visit for an abortion-related reason

within 30 days of the abortion. 3/6

Chemical abortions were also noted to make subsequent abortions more dangerous, as women who had a chemical abortion followed by a second abortion of any type within the next 12 months were more than twice as likely to wind up in the ER. 4/6

Another shocking finding was that over 60% of abortion-related visits following a chemical abortion in 2015 were miscoded as treatment for a miscarriage, and could mean the women might not have received appropriate medical care. 5/6

The data is clear. If the FDA cares about women's health and safety, they need to #followthescience and keep these safeguards in place. 6/6