Can the Abortion Pill Be Reversed? | Times Documentary

Published 2017-08-13
Through two women’s stories of unplanned pregnancy, we look at an unproven treatment, "abortion pill reversal", to stop a medication abortion after it’s begun.

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A San Diego doctor claims his injection can save a fetus
after a medication abortion has already begun — the latest
attempt by abortion foes to create a narrative of regret.

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All Comments (21)
  • @Notworried9
    The abortion pill reversal is what saved my almost two year old son Oliver, all with the grace of God he is a healthy baby boy and a complete joy to my life. Give women a REAL choice. Give them the option to reverse their abortion if they regret it.
  • @yasaswy
    I dont understand why is this a national problem instead of the choice and decision that needs to be made by individuals.
  • @kicker7955
    I don't get it. Why is it the woman's choice if she wants a abortion but it stops being her choice when she changes her mind?
  • @nikkinikki2241
    I’m not a pro-lifer, and I’m super liberal. But when I was 16, I walked into an abortion clinic and even went as far as getting onto the table. when they put the mask on my face, I changed my mind. I got off the table and ran out of there. Now I have a 14 year old son who just got accepted into a top International Baccalaureate program for high school. He’s a straight A student who has decided to become a surgeon when he grows up. I’m not judging any of these women in this video, but it did bring me to tears because I have been in their position. And I’m so happy I kept my son!! 💜💜 ps. I also have a Master’s degree and a great career in managing medical residency programs!
  • @josesparky2188
    As someone who supports choice, this also makes sense to me. Choice is choice. Choice to not have a child, and the choice to keep it. BUT , the information needs to be medically accurate, scientifically proven, and well tested BEFORE it goes to the public as an option.
  • @katiana5339
    It’s not a matter f them thinking women aren’t capable of making those decisions. It’s the FACT that a lot of women are undecided, even painstakingly unsure as to whether or not they actually want to go through with it, moments AFTER taking the pill. This gives them an alternate route to an alternate LIFE.
  • @the1ladytammy
    It should be criminal not to allow them the possibility to reverse it.
  • @lillylake
    People change their minds! My sister in-law took the first but didn’t take the second pill. It’s a choice that was important for her.
  • @Nadia-wo2sx
    This video just shows how much of a struggle the choice of abortions are the women who reverse the abortion pills aren't doing anything wrong they're simply helping women who changed their minds and saving a future child. It made me emotional.
  • @fantasiafed9762
    I wish I would have known about this. I definitely would have gotten a reversal sadly it's too late now I have to live with the decision for the rest of my life 💔😢🙏🛐
  • @redmercury1159
    and why is that nurse so mad about women who change their minds?? i dont get it. its ok to have an abortion but it stops being ok when women change their minds
  • Should be able to take the first pill home to continue on making your decision
  • @zskurtt1128
    Not going to lie I wish this hadn’t been recommended to me. I was starting to fully come to terms with my choice and get out of the funk I’ve been in since the pandemic.
  • @parler8698
    God bless those who fight for children.
  • @enggmanya
    Earlier the pregnancy is detected, the earlier it can be terminated. We need to support women to obtain that knowledge.
  • @beckywalker7725
    The statement at the end that it would be best for the woman to skip the second of pills is medically inaccurate! The first pill kills the baby and if action isn't taken to reverse the affects of the first pill, the woman would have a dead baby inside of her. The mother could end up with an infection or sepsis. We know for a fact that some women who even take the second step end up having to return to the abortion facility to have their dead baby surgically removed if all of the baby isn't expelled. Abortion pill reversal is safe and the only way to reverse the affects of the first pill.
  • @alethacates2497
    Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
  • @heyitsleyy
    I'm just wondering if the woman who took the progesterone and skipped the second set of abortion pills had a healthy baby or not. Did it have deformities or was it a normal baby?
  • If the medical director has the medical data to back up his center's claims about reversal, why wouldn't he share it with the Times? Wouldn't that help further their agenda of getting reversal laws enacted around the country? Or maybe he's just lying so his program can continue spreading falsehoods?