dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com
2026-05-29
Pro-abortion organizations are touting a dangerous, unproven chemical abortion regimen to stymie potential regulations on the abortion drug mifepristone.
An FDA-approved chemical abortion requires two pills. The first, mifepristone, kills the baby by starving him or her of progesterone, which is critical for embryonic development. The second, misoprostol, induces labor, helping the mother pass her deceased child and the remaining products of her pregnancy.
"Mifepristone alone has a 13 to 23% abortion 'failure' rate, which can mean both an on-going pregnancy or an incomplete abortion where not all tissue passes," Dr. Catherine Wheeler, an OBGYN and member of Focus on the Family's Physician Resource Council, told the Daily Citizen. "Misoprostol alone has a 20 to 40% failure rate."