On Friday, both the U.S. Supreme Court and the Japanese Ministry of Health made decisions okaying the use of abortion pills – at least for now. Both decisions are deadly.
The U.S. Supreme Court voted to allow the use of the abortion pill mifepristone – until lower court decisions are made, at which point it will likely be appealed back to the Supreme Court. Over half of the abortions in the U.S. are committed using the abortion pill mifepristone.
The facts are clear – chemical abortion isn’t good for women:
- Chemical abortion pills led to a 500% increased rate of abortion-related ER visits.
- The complication rate for abortions using mifepristone is four times higher compared to surgical abortion.
- And one in three women who experience chemical abortion have a negative view of themselves and/or their decision following their abortion.
Chemical abortion’s medical complications aren’t just proven by stats. There are real-life people who are hurt – and even killed.
In a letter to the Japanese government dated April 20, 2023, Dr. Joemol M.S. (OB/GYN) tells what recently happened to a young female recent high school graduate: Manisha.
“Manisha… got admitted to the ward with fever, loose stool, and vomiting. Thinking it could be an acute gastroenteritis we tried to revive her. But she was not responding to the usual treatment. While probing into a detailed history, it was revealed to us that she had got entangled with a boy and was pregnant. She tried to take the abortion pills over the counter to abort the pregnancy, but she landed in an incomplete abortion; slowly she went into a critical stage – septicemia. We had to shift her to a higher center, but she succumbed to death within a day. We lost a young girl with another potential life who was not even given the opportunity to see the light of this world.”
Manisha isn’t the only one who has died from chemical abortion – like Dr. Joemol shared – in every “successful” abortion – the baby dies.
In the days leading up to the decision, Sasaki Kazuo – a pro-life advocate from the Tokyo area – took a hunger strike to protest. Sasaki lost nearly 20 pounds while only consuming water. Sasaki’s reasoning? The abortifacients would worsen Japan‘s dropping fertility rate and kill human beings.
“It’s a complete contradiction for the government to be saying that while it’s trying to make abortifacients available to every woman in Japan,” Sasaki said. “We hear endlessly about policies to stem the shrinking of the population, but why are politicians trying to make it easier to kill children? I want to ask Prime Minister Kishida directly: ‘Are you serious about the population problem?’”
Maybe the U.S. Supreme Court decision doesn’t come as a surprise to some. Banning the pills which are used to kill about 500,000 pre-born people in America every year would be very significant.
But the Japanese government’s action contradicts the serious work done by their government to increase the merger birth rate (1.368 live births per woman), which is way below replacement. A previous effort to ban abortions in Japan to increase the fertility rate was made by Liberal Democrat Seiko Noda in 2013. And the measure had delayed twice due to the efforts of the Seimei Soncho Center, a pro-life organization in Japan.
Friday’s decisions are sad and show even more the need to raise up leaders – both in the U.S. and around the world – to be lifesavers – proactively helping young moms in pregnancy crisis find the support and courage to choose life. Pro-Life Global does just this – training and equipping young people to be the change our world needs.
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