“Abortion Pill Exposed: What the FDA and Planned Parenthood Don’t Want You to Know” with OB-GYN Dr. Donna Harrison | Ep. 5

What if everything you’ve heard about the abortion pill isn’t the full story?

Nearly two-thirds of all U.S. abortions are chemical abortions. Board-certified OB-GYN Dr. Donna Harrison, Director of Research for the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), joins Bioethics Babe to pull back the curtain on chemical abortion — from how mifepristone (RU-486) and misoprostol actually work in a woman’s body, to the hidden complications women face, to the behind the scenes schemes at the upper echelons of power that took place to get the abortion pill to America. Did you know that the Population Council created a Cayman Islands shell company called Danco in order to get mifepristone to the U.S.? Did you know that taxpayer dollars helped develop RU-486 with the help of the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Services? Did you know that Planned Parenthood helped test and distribute the drug or that the FDA quietly loosened safeguards putting women’s health at risk, or why so many adverse events go unreported?

We discuss:

💊 The history and FDA approval of the abortion pill

⚕️ How medical training now pressures doctors to perform abortions

🧬 How women have been left to manage abortions alone and the physical and emotional toll of chemical abortion

🚨 What’s missing from the “empowerment” narrative

🌎 The global and environmental consequences

❤️ What true woman-centered care should look like.

This episode exposes the loopholes, the misinformation, and the lives at stake — and challenges listeners to rethink what “safe and legal” really means when it comes to the abortion pill.

Trigger Warning: This episode includes medical and personal discussions about abortion and pregnancy loss that may be difficult for some listeners. Please use discretion and take care while listening.

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