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December 6, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) —
Abortion pill reversal is among the most recent innovations in saving preborn lives, and one of the technique’s pioneers says it all started with a phone call on behalf of a scared girl desperate to save her baby.

The abortion pill mifepristone (better known as RU-486) works by blocking the natural hormone progesterone that developing babies require to survive. Abortion pill reversal consists of administering extra progesterone to counteract mifepristone’s effects, ideally within 24 hours of taking the abortion pill.

Harrison was already pro-life while working as an OB/GYN in North Carolina, and he maintained a relationship with the area crisis pregnancy centers.
In 2006, one of them called on behalf of 19-year-old Ashley, who had taken RU-486 under pressure from her boyfriend but changed her mind with the support of her parents. Harrison told them to send her to his office.

“I need to step into my office and think and pray about this,” Harrison recalls telling her.
“I went out of the exam room, went to my office thinking about how RU-486 works.”
He had been researching the subject of protein receptors, which gave him “this basic knowledge of, well, the receptor models says that there’s got to be something that activates the receptor, there’s gonna be something that blocks the receptor.” .. ..

.. “Ashley’s story from the very beginning to me is one of the most powerful, because this is a brave young lady” who chose to “step up and to take this risk, never having done before and knowing that she was going to lose the support of her over boyfriend” and face challenges providing for her daughter, Harrison said. Today, Ashley is a respiratory therapist who saves babies’ lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Abortion pill reversal’s pioneers credit it with helping more than 400 women save their babies since 2007. Success rates indicate that reversing a chemical abortion is not certain, but it has the potential to save many babies without endangering their mothers.

Pro-abortion organizations such as NARAL and the American Medical Association assail it as
“junk science,” but pro-life medical experts explain that it’s based on well understood principles from progesterone’s common use in situations such as treating women with a history of miscarriage and preventing preterm labor.

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December 6, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) —
Abortion pill reversal is among the most recent innovations in saving preborn lives, and one of the technique’s pioneers says it all started with a phone call on behalf of a scared girl desperate to save her baby.

The abortion pill mifepristone (better known as RU-486) works by blocking the natural hormone progesterone that developing babies require to survive. Abortion pill reversal consists of administering extra progesterone to counteract mifepristone’s effects, ideally within 24 hours of taking the abortion pill.

Harrison was already pro-life while working as an OB/GYN in North Carolina, and he maintained a relationship with the area crisis pregnancy centers.
In 2006, one of them called on behalf of 19-year-old Ashley, who had taken RU-486 under pressure from her boyfriend but changed her mind with the support of her parents. Harrison told them to send her to his office.

“I need to step into my office and think and pray about this,” Harrison recalls telling her.
“I went out of the exam room, went to my office thinking about how RU-486 works.”
He had been researching the subject of protein receptors, which gave him “this basic knowledge of, well, the receptor models says that there’s got to be something that activates the receptor, there’s gonna be something that blocks the receptor.” .. ..

i’ve read about reversal of abortifacients, but knew nothing about them.

This is an interesting history, with a positive outcome, first attempt!

i hate to think what teens, even children, and grown women go through with these drugs, with any sort of abortion. i’m glad to know some are able to successfully reverse. don’t take those pills!

.. “Ashley’s story from the very beginning to me is one of the most powerful, because this is a brave young lady” who chose to “step up and to take this risk, never having done before and knowing that she was going to lose the support of her over boyfriend” and face challenges providing for her daughter, Harrison said. Today, Ashley is a respiratory therapist who saves babies’ lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Abortion pill reversal’s pioneers credit it with helping more than 400 women save their babies since 2007. Success rates indicate that reversing a chemical abortion is not certain, but it has the potential to save many babies without endangering their mothers.

Pro-abortion organizations such as NARAL and the American Medical Association assail it as
“junk science,” but pro-life medical experts explain that it’s based on well understood principles from progesterone’s common use in situations such as treating women with a history of miscarriage and preventing preterm labor.