RU 486 Web-Cam Abortions Defended in Medical Journal

Five states have passed laws to prohibit web-cam abortions with several more, including Wisconsin, poised to do the same. True to form, a “study” has been released to proclaim how wonderful this procedure is.

Let’s review: Web-cam abortions were initiated by Planned Parenthood and piloted in Iowa where 2,000 of these abortions took place. PP intends to export this technique nationwide. A woman in a remote location discusses her abortion by web-cam with an abortionist in another city or perhaps even another state. She is not physically examined by the abortionist. After the information exchange, the abortionist presses a button which opens a drawer at the woman’s location. Her abortion drugs (RU 486 and a labor-inducing drug) are in the drawer and the abortionist watches her take the medication.

Just last week I wrote about a recent report from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which reveals 14 deaths and over 2,200 complications for women who have used RU 486.

Not to be deterred, Daniel Grossman of the University of California-San Francisco who is a senior associate at the research organization Ibis Reproductive Health has written a paper published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology entitled: “Abortions via ‘telemedicine’ are safe, effective, Iowa study finds: Women don’t need face-to-face contact to take RU 486; doctors supervise remotely.” The “results” of the study are predictable when penned by such a notorious abortion advocate as Grossman. Grossman claims that women seeking RU 486 abortions were interviewed with about half electing to have a web-cam abortion. He states that outcomes were virtually the same for those who had RU 486 web-cam abortions and those who had a face-to-face consultation with a physician.

Grossman’s conclusion: “The real solution to the problem is to pass legislation that will allow mid-level providers, such as nurse practitioners, to counsel patients and dispense RU-486 — in person.” That statement is insightful as a major goal of the pro-abortion movement is to expand abortion by allowing persons other than physicians to perform or administer them. Not in Wisconsin. Not now. Not ever.

Barbara Lyons