{"id":34696,"date":"2025-08-29T18:48:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T18:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/?p=34696"},"modified":"2025-08-29T18:48:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T18:48:15","slug":"battling-a-chemical-coat-hanger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/battling-a-chemical-coat-hanger\/","title":{"rendered":"Battling a Chemical Coat Hanger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><em>By:  Bradley Mattes, originally published <a href=\"https:\/\/lifeissues.org\/news\/battling-a-chemical-coat-hanger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">August 28, 2025, Life Issues Institute<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As the United States tackles the illegal onslaught of chemical abortion pills, the next battle is already heating up in international circles.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Once we reverse the FDA\u2019s approval of mifepristone, the U.S. will immediately be faced with a nuanced frontier of the abortion industry.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Abortion profiteers have long promoted misoprostol-only abortions where mifepristone is not available or where a streamlined and less expensive chemical abortion procedure is more conducive in developing nations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Not only is misoprostol less effective when used by itself, it poses serious risks to women \u2013 sometimes killing both baby and mother.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The drug caused the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/17267868\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">death<\/a>\u00a0of an adolescent girl after she self-medicated with misoprostol in her first trimester of pregnancy. The young girl\u2019s demise was particularly horrifying.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A woman\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25041279\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">died<\/a>\u00a0from toxic shock as a result of a misoprostol-only abortion. The report cautioned against \u201cclandestine abortions\u201d using this drug. Now, just a decade later they are referred to as \u201cself-managed abortions\u201d and touted as safe procedures.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/002580240004000115?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Three<\/a>\u00a0women died after using misoprostol to abort their babies. And a young pro-abortion activist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/righttolife.org.uk\/news\/abortion-campaigner-dies-after-getting-legal-abortion-in-argentina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">died<\/a>\u00a0four days after taking misoprostol to abort her baby.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Misoprostol can inflict serious health issues on unborn babies who survive the drug\u2019s assault. This baby now suffers from Moebius syndrome\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12815845\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">after<\/a>\u00a0the mother used misoprostol to abort her pregnancy without medical supervision.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A study suggests that when misoprostol is used for a mid-trimester abortion it increases the risk of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/19432610\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">premature<\/a>\u00a0or very premature delivery in subsequent pregnancies.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It is possible for women to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/15223178\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overdose<\/a>\u00a0on misoprostol. A 23-year-old woman required emergency medical care after overdosing during what was labeled an illegal chemical abortion, now championed by pro-abortion activists.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Misoprostol functions as a chemical coat hanger&nbsp;<\/strong>that inflicts death, illness and destruction upon unsuspecting women while killing their babies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As the President of the International Right to Life Federation I am pleased to work with Carlos Polo, a member of the board of directors representing Ibero-America.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Carlos, along with colleagues at Population Research Institute have documented in dramatic fashion how the so-called Latin American Consortium Against Unsafe Abortion (CLACAI) has built a network of members that undermine the sovereignty of pro-life nations. Its focus is to promote illegal abortions using only misoprostol.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Instrumental to the growth and success of CLACAI has been the World Health Organization (WHO) and\u00a0the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) that have been high stakes investors in this scheme.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"556\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trump-signing-EO.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34698\" style=\"width:395px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trump-signing-EO.png 556w, https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trump-signing-EO-300x288.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">So, it is of paramount importance that President Donald Trump dismantled USAID while facilitating the continued operation of legitimate programs under the Secretary of State. President Trump did much more than stop the flow of money through USAID into the coffers of countries that support and provide abortion. He also eliminated the people responsible for supplying them with critical funds to operate. In addition, one of Mr. Trump\u2019s first actions during his second administration was to pull the United States and its funding out of WHO.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Carlos and his colleagues at Population Research Institute have just published an impressive and detailed report on the country by country activities of CLACAI.<\/strong>&nbsp;The organization boasting 165 organizations representing 19 countries has been quietly laying the groundwork to impose abortion on demand throughout the region, often in direct conflict with the laws and constitutions of many nations. At a minimum they work to weaken the legislative protections of countries that cherish their greatest natural resource, unborn babies.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Misoprostol is their weapon of choice<\/strong>, regardless of its impact on unsuspecting women. Carlos reports that CLACAI operates under the guise of \u201chuman rights\u201d as they exploit vulnerable women and violate the sovereign legal framework of nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">You can read the full Population Research Institute\u2019s report in either\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pop.org\/clacai-an-ibero-american-network-funded-by-usaid-to-promote-abortion-legalization\/\">E<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pop.org\/clacai-an-ibero-american-network-funded-by-usaid-to-promote-abortion-legalization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pop.org\/clacai-an-ibero-american-network-funded-by-usaid-to-promote-abortion-legalization\/\">glish<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pop.org\/clacai-red-iberoamericana-financiada-por-usaid-para-promover-la-legalizacion-del-aborto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spanish<\/a>.\u00a0<strong>Please share it widely.<\/strong>\u00a0These people prefer to work in the shadows so let\u2019s shine a bright light on their efforts to kill babies and harm their mothers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This CLACAI project is a precursor to a future global effort to expand their scheme of death around the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Defending Life,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Brad Mattes,<br>President, Life Issues Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><em>Bradley Mattes is co-founder and president of Life Issues Institute.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Bradley Mattes, originally published August 28, 2025, Life Issues Institute As the United States tackles the illegal onslaught of chemical abortion pills, the next battle is already heating up in international circles.&nbsp;&nbsp; Once we reverse the FDA\u2019s approval of mifepristone, the U.S. will immediately be faced with a nuanced frontier of the abortion industry.&nbsp;&nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - 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