Three Pills: Do YOU know the difference?
Women under 19 years of age The influence of sex hormones plays an enormous role in all gender-specific developments uduring puberty and adolescence, not only in the visible parts of the body, but also on the brain. Girls who are just menstruating are still busy with their brain development. Brain development is usually not finished until we are 20-25 years old. Sarah Hill advises against influencing your hormone balance with the pill before the age of nineteen or twenty and recommends more scientific research into the effects of the pill. Animal studies have found that hormones, especially when the brain is still developing, can irreversibly influence behavior. Adolescent girls have in addition a higher chance of getting breast cancer and reach a lower peak bone density with higher risk of fractures.
The morning-after pill
There are 2 types of morning-after pill available. One consists of the
same progestogen as most commonly used in the pill: levonorgestrel. It can be
taken up to 72 hours after unprotected sexual intercourse. Later, another one
is added EllaOne® (ulipristal acetate). This is even effective up to 120 hours
(5 days) after unprotected sexual intercourse. They are sold about 300,000
times a year in the Netherlands in a population of 17 million people (32).
The effect of the morning-after pill is partly based on ovulation
inhibition, but if the pill is taken from the day before ovulation, i.e. in the
most fertile period, ovulation can no longer be inhibited. If ovulation has
already occurred, it can of course no longer be inhibited as well. In these
cases, the efficacy is based on preventing implantation, an abortifacient
effect (33).
Despite contraception, many women get unplanned pregnancies. 60-70% of
women who come for an abortion indicate that the unwanted pregnancy occurred
despite the use of contraception (34).
At first, I didn't feel anything, after three hours
my bowels started to rumble a bit and after that it got much worse very
quickly. I couldn't get off the toilet for three hours, I emptied on all
sides. I felt so miserable. I cursed myself, I cursed the contraceptive pill
that hadn't worked. For three hours I sat on the toilet with a bucket
(because in the meantime I also had to vomit) groaning, crying and shivering.
I had never had so much abdominal pain in my life and didn't know how to sit
or stand anymore'. (35) |
The abortion pill is a series of 2 types of pills, to be taken 2 days in
a row. The first pill to be taken, mifepristone, is an antiprogesterone drug,
which suppresses the natural progesterone needed to maintain a pregnancy.
It loosens the baby. After 2 days another medicine has to be taken,
prostaglandin, which causes the uterus to contract and expels the baby. This
can be done up to ten weeks after the last menstruation in the U.S.
"She saw that there were still
a lot of remains in my womb. She therefore decided that a curettage was still
necessary. This would be the only way to stop the severe bleeding, and remove
the remains'. |
The abortion pill is not a simple and innocent remedy. It ends human life
and it's not without risk. The leaflet therefore states that it is important to
have access to appropriate medical care if an emergency situation arises and
the patient must remain close to the treatment center (36). In addition, an
ectopic pregnancy must first be excluded, because in that case the abortion
pill does not work and medical intervention is required. Enormous cramps and
heavy blood loss are common. Prolonged vaginal bleeding may occur. In some
cases, severe bleeding may require surgical removal of the uterus. Rarely, the
uterus may rupture or a fatal shock syndrome may result from a particular
bacterium. Bleeding is in no way proof that the pregnancy has ended, because bleeding
also usually occurs if the treatment fails. The non-negligible risk of failure
(4.5 to 7.8% of cases) makes a control visit mandatory to check that the
abortion has been completed. In case of an incomplete abortion, a curettage is
still required to achieve complete abortion. A so-called "do it yourself
abortion", which means that the pills are taken without medical
supervision, can therefore have terrible consequences.
Abortion Pill Reversal
What if there is regret after the abortion pill? After taking the
abortion pill, some women have regret and realize that they do want to keep
their baby. If they have only taken the first pill, but have not yet started
the medication for the following days, they are still eligible for the abortion
pill reversal.
The abortion pill reversal consists of the drug progesterone because the
woman’s body had stopped producing it naturally when the first abortion pill
was taken.This was switched off by taking the first pill of the abortion pill.
By not taking the second day's pills and taking the abortion pill stopper as
soon as possible (at least within 72 hours) and continuing this until the 14th
week of pregnancy, the baby can be saved up to 65% of cases (37).
Sources: https://www.heartbeatinternational.org/covid19/itemlist/tag/contraception
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- Mozzanega B, et
al. Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care 2019
- Evaluatie Wet
afbreking Zwangerschap 2005
- ‘De abortuspil?
Echt een heel heftige ingreep!' De Telegraaf 07 sep. 2016 in VROUW
- Productinformatie
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Leven, er is hulp, www.erishulp.nl
c. March 2025
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