Wisconsin pro-life groups are concerned over possible "telemed" abortions in that state.
Tele-medicine
Iowa Planned Parenthoods are under scrutiny for tele-medicine abortions in which a woman or a girl seeking an abortion communicates via computer with a distant doctor. The doctor then remotely opens a drawer that contains RU-486 -- then the abortion is on.
Virginia Zignego of Pro-Life Wisconsin says there is a 100-percent chance that telemed abortions are occurring in her state. "There is no administrative law or code preventing it from happening," she laments, "and the Wisconsin Planned Parenthoods have a taxpayer-financed telemedicine system already set up that we know is dispensing birth-control pills" -- and "morning-after pills" as well.
The patient does not see a doctor in the telemed abortion. Zignego argues that approach is very dangerous.
"Mifepristone, which is used in RU-486, is a highly toxic substance," she notes. "It can cause death, and it has a number of health complications." The Food and Drug Administration lists 600 different complications reported after use of the drug.
There are no laws in Wisconsin to prohibit telemed abortions, so Zignego is hopeful the state legislature will get into action.
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
Publish Date: June 18, 2010
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