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Louisiana First in US to Make Possessing Abortion Pills a Crime (www.bloomberg.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Renneder to c/becomeme

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[–] ArbitraryValue 25 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Apparently it's still going to be legal to possess them with a prescription, but can doctors in Louisiana write such a prescription?

about 0.3% of people who used mifepristone to end a pregnancy experienced a major complication, meaning they required hospitalization, surgery or a blood transfusion. Surgical abortions done in the first trimester of pregnancy, by comparison, resulted in major complications 0.16% of the time

These pills are more dangerous than a surgical abortion? That's not what I would have expected.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

0.3% experienceing side effects is hardly "dangerous". That's an order of magnitude less frequent than peanut allergies.

This is not about looking after the best interest of anyone

[–] ArbitraryValue 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I don't disagree; I'm just talking about relative risk.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

A thought experiment: do the legislators care as much about adequate food, shelter, medical care? Water and cooling breaks for laborers, including prisoners? If not, is protecting people an ostensible goal or actual goal?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Keep in mind, side effects can be literally anything reported - headaches, stomach cramps, etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

The quote says “major complications” and defines what that means. It’s not just side effects. It is definitely surprising that the rate of complications is so much higher for the pills. Still, I think that’s something a doctor should take into account when prescribing and not a valid reason to ban it.

[–] Zeppo 1 points 6 months ago

It says “major complication” that required hospitalization, not side effects.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

If pieces remain, they need a D&C, which would never be a complication with surgical abortion because that's the surgery.