Shield Law Abortion Providers Advertised Alongside Black Market Abortion Pills

“Welcome to modern abortion care,” Angel Foster, the founder of the Massachusetts Medication Abortion Project (MAP), told NPR this week. “This is a legitimate service. These are legitimate doctors. These are real pills.”

Foster means abortion pills, which MAP and other “shield law [abortion] providers” mail to pro-life states by the thousands.

Far from legitimate, however, MAP and its compatriots deliberately violate state laws designed to protect women and girls. The legal risks have forced “shield law providers” to operate alongside some pretty seedy outfits, including websites selling black market abortion pills.

Enter Plan C Pills (PCP), a website aggregating mail-order abortion services by state.

The colorful page opens to a search box advertising “abortion pills by mail in every state.” When women select where the pills should be delivered, PCP generates a list of places that will send them chemical abortion kits.

MAP’s parent company, Cambridge Reproductive Health Consultants, frequently appears under the tab labeled “Online clinics that mail pills,” alongside other shield law providers including AidAccess, Abuzz and Armadillo Clinic.

“Shield law providers” don’t follow mifepristone safety guidelines, but compared to the black market websites PCP lumps them in with, they seem positively overregulated.

Under the category labeled “Websites that sell pills,” PCP lists websites that provide anyone and everyone abortion pills from India. PCP recommends these websites to “people who want abortion pills by mail without consulting a physician.”

Further perusal of the Frequently Asked Questions reveals this telling description of suspicious sites like Life Easy on Pills, Home AbortionRX, Private Emma and Medside 24:

On whether the pills are “legit”, PCP writes:

Chemical abortions are already dangerous, according to the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), resulting in around four times more health complications than surgical abortions.

Shield law abortionists compound these dangers by prescribing abortion pills to:

• Women more than 10-weeks pregnant — when the FDA says chemical abortions can no longer be used.
• Teenage girls, though mifepristone has never undergone pediatric testing.
• Women who have not had an ultrasound, which could lead to several problems including untreated ectopic pregnancies.

But websites that sell abortion pills indiscriminately present an overwhelming new array of dangers.

Women who take unregulated chemical abortion pills cannot know what chemicals are entering her body. Her likelihood of developing health problems skyrockets because she’s receiving no guidance from a doctor.

Several black market websites offer women “pills in advance,” to be taken if they miss a menstrual period. The effects of mifepristone and misoprostol on women who are not pregnant remains unresearched.

PCP keeps a separate list of ways to get abortion pills for this unapproved use. It advertises the list on its opening page, directly underneath a disclaimer explaining PCP does not sell, endorse or give medical advice on taking abortion pills.

Mail-order abortions also increase likelihood of abuse — particularly when identities aren’t checked. This brief on the dangers of deregulating chemical abortions reads in part:

Websites like Plan C Pills and shield-law providers have decided that getting women abortion pills justifies advertising with and recommending black market services that care nothing for women’s safety and health.

It’s a moral bankruptcy that can’t be overstated.

Spread the word. Warn women about the dangers of chemical abortions and direct them to resources like the ones listed below.

Support your local pregnancy resource center (PRC). PRC’s not only help women make truly informed decisions about their reproductive health but empower them to become responsible parents.

Pay attention to social media. More than 82,000 people follow PCP on Instagram, a testament to pro-abortionists’ utilization of social media to reach young women. As much as you can, follow, click and like pro-life social media campaigns.

Vote. Abortion is on the ballot in at least eight states this year. To learn more about supporting life in your state, contact your local Family Policy Council.

To speak with a family help specialist or request resources, please call us at 1-800-A-FAMILY (232-6459).

If you are experiencing an unexpected pregnancy and want to learn more about your options, visit My Choice Network.

Some women, after taking the first abortion pill (mifepristone) come to regret their decision. Thankfully, there is a way to reverse the pill’s effects if prompt action is taken. To learn more about the abortion pill reversal protocol, visit abortionpillreversal.com or call 1-877-558-0333 to be connected with a medical professional who can guide callers through the process of reversing the pill’s effects.

To learn more about the consequences of a chemical abortion, visit the links below.

Related articles and resources:

Here’s the Secret Pro-Abortion Activists Won’t Tell You — It’s Dangerous

Complications from the Abortion Pill(s)

Focus on the Family Broadcast: Abortion Pill Reversal

No, Treatment for an Ectopic Pregnancy is Not an Abortion (Alliance Defending Freedom)

Dangers of Relaxed Restrictions on Mifepristone (American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists)

New Study Reveals FDA Relied on Cherrypicked Data to Approve Dangerous Mail-Order Abortion Drugs (Charlotte Lozier Institute)

Abortion Drug Facts (CLI)

#AbortionChangesYou: A Case Study to Understand the Communicative Tensions in Women’s Medication Abortion Narratives (Health Communication)