One young woman is about give birth to her daughter this fall thanks to the Abortion Pill Rescue Network (APRN).
Rebecca is due on October 12, having successfully reversed her chemical abortion.
The mom of two young boys did not think it was possible for her to have another baby when she saw the positive pregnancy test earlier this year.
Rebecca conversed with Pregnancy Help News through email about her APR story.
“The father of my baby gave me two choices: have an abortion or he wouldn't be involved in the baby's life,” she said. “I felt like I had no good options to choose from.”
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Rebecca admitted she was “too ashamed” to walk into a Planned Parenthood. The closest such clinic was two hours away.
She instead went online and ordered the pills – without any consultation with a medical professional.
“I knew it was a mistake as soon as I took the first pill,” Rebecca said. “I panicked and searched online how to reverse the pill.”
The APR hotline came up in Rebecca’s search. She said she was relieved to hear the voice on the other end.
“They were there with me every step of the way,” Rebecca said. “They helped comfort me, made sure I had adequate medical care.”
She was then referred to an OB/GYN and given progesterone, the hormone that reverses the damages of the first pill, mifepristone.
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Abortion Pill Reversal entails prescribing bioidentical progesterone to counter the abortion drug mifepristone. Progesterone is the natural hormone in a pregnant woman’s system necessary to sustain pregnancy. As the first of two abortion drugs in a chemical abortion, mifepristone blocks progesterone, starving the unborn baby of essential nutrients. A second abortion drug, misoprostol, later causes the mother to go into labor and deliver her deceased child.
If a woman acts quickly enough after taking mifepristone it may be possible to save her unborn child through APR. To date, statistics say that more than 5,000 lives and counting have been saved thanks to the APRN, a network of medical professionals, clinics, and pregnancy help organizations that facilitate APR.
Rebecca decided to “flush the second pill down the toilet.”
Rebecca said as well that she is extremely grateful this program exists and that she will be able to hold her daughter in her arms very soon.
Editor's note: Heartbeat International manages the Abortion Pill Rescue® Network (APRN) and Pregnancy Help News. Heartbeat is currently the subject of two lawsuits brought by states AGs concerning sharing infromation about Abortion Pill Reversal.
