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The Red Pill and the Blue Pill

         In the movie, The Matrix, Morpheus says to Neo: “This your last chance. After this there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember, all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more.”  But is he really?

         Morpheus, in the movie, The Matrix wants the main character, Neo, to make the choice between reality (the blue pill) and fantasy (the red pill).  But there is also another kind of Morpheus that is pushing a red pill of a different kind – the so-called abortion pill.

         Well over 65% of all abortions currently done in this country are performed through the use of chemicals given directly to the mother who then self-aborts.  That’s a 53% increase since 2020.   A woman doesn’t even need to see a physician as the medications can be ordered online.

         But the choice of a chemical abortion comes with multiple medical risks.  Sometimes there is significant hemorrhaging requiring a visit to the ER for a blood transfusion or even surgery. Infections can happen, leading to scarring of the uterus, impacting the ability to have more babies.  Statistics tell us that nearly one in nine women end up having a serious complication.

         The FDA’s drug label indicates that 3-7% of women have an incomplete abortion and one in 25 ends up going to an emergency room. Chemical abortions have four times the complication rate of surgical ones.

         JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that for a 15-month period from 2023-2024, 84% of these killer pills were mailed into states that already had strong pro-life laws. The chemical abortion is anything but pro-woman.  No doctor visits, no lab work, no ultrasounds – no good standard of care. What happens when mom uses the drugs beyond the recommended gestation age?  What if she has an ectopic pregnancy and her fallopian tube ruptures?  Who gets sued when mom bleeds to death on her bathroom floor?

         Those are the kinds of questions heard on Capitol Hill this week when the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) held a hearing on protecting women from dangerous abortion drugs, entitled, Protecting Women: Exposing the Dangers of Chemical Abortion Drugs.   Dr David Cassidy is not only the Chair of the Committee but is also a physician who is strongly pro-life.  He has stated:  I am committed to protecting mothers and the unborn. The medical evidence is clear: chemical abortion drugs not only kill innocent babies, but also put women in serious danger.”

         The ‘red pill’ of a chemical abortion is a deadly fantasy.  The reality is that safeguards need to be put in place before more women suffer terrible harm.  Let’s hope this week’s Senate hearing silences the Morpheus of the abortion world.

         Those are my thoughts.  I’m Janet Parshall.