Dr. Christina Francis

And then it seems like because the Supreme Court's stay on the Fifth Circuit's decision is set to go through this coming Monday, May 11th, it seems that they just want to hear all the information and then the Supreme Court will actually rule as to whether the Fifth Circuit decision can stand.

Yes, absolutely.

So we know at its baseline, this abortion drug, Mifepristone, is inherently dangerous.

It's four times more dangerous than surgical abortions.

But that's when it's being dispensed in person, when a woman has an in-person evaluation by a medical professional who ensures they know how far along she is in her pregnancy, ensures that she does not have an ectopic pregnancy, which is life-threatening to her, and ensures that she is actually the one who wants the abortion, that it's not someone forcing her into that

You know, if we take sort of a 30,000 foot view, one of the reasons that this in-person dispensing requirement is important is because without it, abortion is essentially legal in all 50 states right now.

This is a federal mandate that is overriding all state pro-life laws right now.

In fact, the state of Louisiana, the main plaintiff in this case, has documented that they, even though abortion is illegal, a thousand abortions a month are happening in just the state of Louisiana because of these drugs.

So on a macro level, in order to respect state pro-life laws, this in-person dispensing requirement needs to be put back into place.

But on an individual level, as you said, women getting these drugs through the mail is extremely dangerous.

Without that evaluation, we know that

For every week beyond really about eight weeks of pregnancy that a woman takes these drugs, her risks increase exponentially of hemorrhage or massive bleeding, infection, the need for emergency surgery, and even just a few weeks can make a huge difference.

So at 10 weeks of pregnancy, her risk of needing a surgical completion of her abortion is about one in 10.

If she takes them just three weeks later at 13 weeks of pregnancy, that jumps to one in three.

So that's a really significant difference in her risk.

And we know, even the American College of OBGYNs, who's very pro-abortion, and by the way, filed an amicus brief in this case, siding with the abortion industry.

But even they say...

that up to 50% of women will be wrong about how far along they are in their pregnancy just based on going off of their last period without an ultrasound, without an in-person exam.

And of course, Rosalie's story and many others like hers highlight the fact that abusers are getting these drugs online

Men are getting these drugs who obviously are not pregnant and they're forcing them on their wives, on their girlfriends.