Fri Sep 22, 2023 – 6:03 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – The far-left state of California is suing pro-life groups Heartbeat International and RealOptions Obria for offering Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) services, which Democrat Attorney General Rob Bonta contends constitutes “fraudulent and misleading claims.”
The Associated Press reported that Bonta accuses the groups, the latter of which runs a chain of counseling centers in the northern part of the Golden State, of violating the state’s False Advertising Law and Unfair Competition Law, and seeks an injunction blocking promotion of APR. The suit claims the groups make false claims about the technique’s effectiveness and neglect to inform patients about risks.
The abortion pill mifepristone (better known as RU-486) works by blocking the natural hormone progesterone that developing babies require to survive. Abortion pill reversal consists of administering extra progesterone to counteract mifepristone’s effects, ideally within 24 hours of taking the abortion pill.
“Those who are struggling with the complex decision to get an abortion deserve support and trustworthy guidance — not lies and misinformation,” said Bonta, who also took the opportunity to bemoan the “horrifying reality” that “right now there are more crisis pregnancy centers in California than abortion
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