As its use to kill preborn babies has skyrocketed, the dispensing of the abortion pill has become a hot-button topic over the last few years. Recent statistics state that it accounted for “63% of all abortions in the formal health care system” in 2023. But that does not include the states that don’t keep abortion statistics or the people who order it online from dubious sources—a frighteningly increasing trend.
Though many women and pro-abortion organizations believe that the abortion pill is the “perfect” solution to an undesired baby, we must teach the truth: It’s not only deadly for babies but it’s traumatic and often dangerous for the moms. Yet it’s not just pro-life people who understand this. We now see that Planned Parenthood employees know it too, but they choose to push it on unsuspecting mothers anyway. A March 18, 2025, press release from American Life League discussed a recent comment from an employee of Planned Parenthood, who admitted the dangers.
In light of that, and because we know that mothers think taking a pill is an easy way out of a pregnancy, we want to highlight six things you may not know about the abortion pill. These eye-opening facts are ones you should ponder and then pass on, as you may just save a life.
1. Planned Parenthood agrees about the dangers of the abortion pill.
As the ALL press release states, Casi Scully, Planned Parenthood Keystone’s associate medical director, told Pennsylvania media, “If you’re accessing medication and you’re not sure where it’s coming from, it’s maybe not regulated. You don’t know exactly what it is. That can definitely be a problem. Potential complications can be bleeding, infection, those kinds of things.”
Complications include hemorrhaging, incomplete abortions, and even deaths. According to a USCCB fact sheet: “From September 2000 through December 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recorded 4,218 ‘adverse events’ caused by the process—including the deaths of 32 women.”
Additionally, studies have found that “the overall incidence of adverse events was fourfold higher in the medical [pill] compared with surgical abortion cohort (20.0% compared with 5.6%, P<.001). Hemorrhage (15.6% compared with 2.1%, P<.001) and incomplete abortion (6.7% compared with 1.6%, P<.001) were more common after medical [pill] abortion.”
2. The abortion pill is a two-pill regimen
A woman must first take mifepristone, which starves the preborn baby who has already implanted in her uterus. It cuts off his nutrition and oxygen and he eventually dies. Twenty-four to 48 hours later, in her own home and often alone, she must then take misoprostol, which expels the dead baby.
3. The expelling of the dead baby can be incredibly painful—emotionally and physically.
Many women are told that when the baby is expelled, it will be just like a “heavy period.” But this is not the case. Stories abound of women being in terrible physical pain, passing large clots, and even seeing their dead baby in the toilet. Lila Rose, founder of Live Action, recently reposted one woman’s heartbreaking story of what happened after she took the abortion pill. The woman stated, in part:
I was 7 weeks, 3 days yesterday and took my second dose of pills. . . . Last night during the peak of the cramps at 6:30, I went to the restroom and before I could even sit down a fair amount of liquid poured out along with a small sac probably about the size of a small blueberry. It was mostly clear/white with a dark red spot in the middle that was very very clearly contracting like a heartbeat. It beat for probably 30-45 seconds then nothing and that literally shattered me. I have never felt this way and I feel so much regret. I don’t even know how what I saw is possible and I can’t find anyone talking about this happening. I’m so confused and feel unbelievably guilty.
Hearing her regret and anguish makes us even more determined to tell the truth and teach the dangers of the abortion pill.
4. Anyone can easily get the pill through online vendors.
In its groundbreaking report entitled Beneath the Surface: Exposing the Abortion Pill Drug Cartel, American Life League uncovered the terrible truth that foreign sources are mailing the abortion pill to anyone, and they’re teaching them how to request it anonymously. This means that young teens can order it, that men who don’t want the responsibility of a child can order it, and that human traffickers can order it. Think these are just possible storylines from a bad fiction novel? Think again. All of this and more have already happened.
5. The pill will not effectively terminate the life of a baby in an ectopic pregnancy (a baby who has implanted outside the uterus).
The warning label says as much. A baby who has implanted outside the uterus, most commonly in the fallopian tube, cannot survive. And should the fallopian tube rupture, which is what happens as the baby grows, the mother’s life could be jeopardized as well. The only way to know if a mother is experiencing an ectopic pregnancy is for her to be seen and undergo testing by a medical professional. Should she order the pill online and take it at home, she may attribute any bleeding she experiences to the pill. This could put her life in grave danger.
6. You may be able to reverse the effects of the mifepristone.
Many women have taken the first pill only to regret their decision and wish it could be undone. We don’t often get a chance to take back our actions, but in this case, it is possible. Abortionpillreversal.com offers hope and has saved the lives of thousands of babies, like Ashley’s. If you regret your decision after ingesting mifepristone, call 877-558-0333 and ask for help. It may not be too late. The sooner you call, the better. Someone is on call 24/7 and will phone in a prescription for progesterone, which may save your baby’s life.
The abortion pill is a dangerous regimen that kills babies and harms mothers. As pro-life people, we care about both moms and babies, and we don’t want to see either of them hurt or killed. That’s why we go to great lengths to discuss these truths and to help mothers make better choices. As St. Gregory the Great once said, “The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.” And so we teach out of love so that others may learn love.
This article first appeared in the Catholic World Report at catholicworldreport.com/2025/03/27/facts-about-the-danger-of-abortion-pill-regimen.
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