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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Monday that federal regulations on the abortion pill, also known as Mifepristone, will no longer be enforced. The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) evaluated the risks and public health consequences of the drug, and the FDA determined that the risks are minimal enough to distribute to women without a medical consultation.
The abortion industry lobbied for the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) mandate for an in-person medical appointment to be lifted, and the FDA is relaxing on account of the pandemic; the drug will now be able to be distributed via mail and telemedicine.
Apr. 13, 2021
Citing an “abundance of caution,” federal health officials called for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine Tuesday, following concerns that the vaccine may be linked to a rare but severe type of blood clotting.
The concerns stem from six reported cases of the blood clot in the United States. All of the cases were reported in women under the age of 50. Nearly 7 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine have been administered in the U.S. That means the blood clotting was reported in about 1 in 1.1 million vaccinations.
Some women quickly noted that
those rates are far lower than that of some hormonal contraceptives, which also carry risks of blood clotting.
If you manage to get a vaccine appointment and you are scheduled to undergo a fertility procedure, tell your fertility doctor right away so that you can plan any surgical procedures, testing or treatment.
All timing issues aside, getting vaccinated is the right thing to do, experts say. Based on all of the reassuring evidence to date, when it comes to fertility or pregnancy, “there are no known safety concerns with the vaccine,” said Dr. Sigal Klipstein, a reproductive endocrinologist in Chicago who is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Covid-19 Task Force.
“Women who contract Covid during pregnancy are at increased risk for more severe disease compared to women who get Covid when they’re not pregnant,” she added.
Proposed abortion bills are a waste of resources | PennLive letters
Updated Apr 14, 2021;
Recently the PA legislature introduced three abortion bills: one banning the health care procedure at six weeks, one requiring a death certificate for abortions, and the third which criminalizes abortion for a diagnosis of Down syndrome.
This is a waste of taxpayer’s time and money, and frankly, we don’t have time. Our nation is in the grips of a public health crisis and pandemic. Politicians should be focused on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and providing support to their communities. Instead, they’re exerting efforts on limiting health care.