Juno News - March 07, 2024


Are chemical abortions impacting the water supply？


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00:00:00.000 hey everyone welcome back to the alberta roundup i'm your host rachel emanuel for today's interview
00:00:17.120 we are joined by richard durr durr is the executive director of pro-life alberta which
00:00:23.200 is a political party dedicated to educating albertans on the horrors of albor of abortion
00:00:29.200 richard thanks so much for joining us today hey thanks so much for having me so you drew my
00:00:34.320 attention to an interesting story this week it seems that there is a new abortion clinic here in
00:00:39.520 calgary it's called the alberta medical abortion clinic that's offering chemical abortions and this
00:00:45.360 is something that you were very concerned about you said this is something that damages women
00:00:50.240 more so than regular abortions can you explain what the difference is between a chemical abortion and
00:00:55.280 a typical abortion procedure and why it's so dangerous for women sure so when i first heard
00:01:02.640 about the this facility it made me think of back alley abortions in the way that we're moving the
00:01:10.480 back alley abortion to the bathroom these things are done in secret they're high risk they're often
00:01:15.200 done without proper medical attention and the potential for dangers and the risks of complications
00:01:20.880 abuse and misuse are very high when it comes to chemical abortion so for example when it comes to
00:01:29.360 chemical abortions there's a they can only be done in early first trimester pregnancies so what's
00:01:38.560 important then is determining correctly the gestational age of of the pre-born child and there's a risk
00:01:47.360 then of if you're only relying on a woman's best guess or estimate as to how far along she is you can
00:01:56.080 increase then the risks to her of of complications so some of the symptoms as well between an ectopic
00:02:04.240 pregnancy and those resulting from chemical abortions are they're the same so there's higher rates of
00:02:11.600 complications than there are in surgical abortions and these complications can lead to the death of both
00:02:17.280 the mother and her baby wow yeah i saw on a site that i was reading about earlier pregnancy help news
00:02:23.600 it said that the there's 10 times the death rate for women with chemical abortions and with surgical
00:02:30.160 abortions are you familiar with those statistics as well i i i've seen various uh statistics from
00:02:37.440 different sources i know it depends as well as to um there's even complications increased complications
00:02:43.360 compared to surgical abortions um even when it's taken within the prescribed and ideal so to speak
00:02:51.280 period of time uh when chemical abortions are supposed to be taken even then there's higher risk
00:02:56.320 of of complications than there are with surgical abortions but of course there's also the increased
00:03:01.120 risk that the chemical abortion will be administered uh at an inopportune time or beyond
00:03:07.760 uh the first few weeks of uh of pregnancy uh when it's not supposed to be taken um and that then of
00:03:15.360 course increases the risk of complications still further so so like i said i mean it reminds me of
00:03:22.320 makes me think of back alley abortions uh moving from the back alley to the bathroom where we have high
00:03:28.320 risk abortions done in secret without proper medical attention uh and and women um you know we should be
00:03:36.080 safeguarding women's health and well-being and we don't do that by allowing a free-for-all when it
00:03:44.000 comes to the um prescription of chemical abortion pills something else that i read online earlier and
00:03:51.760 it seemed almost too horrible to be true was that in the cases of chemical abortions there's instances
00:03:56.800 where women can then pass their baby and there's been some instances where the baby has been passed and
00:04:01.200 the baby is still alive so women are typically doing this at home in their own washroom
00:04:06.000 and so they're seeing you know their their little baby in the toilet there and in some cases that
00:04:10.480 baby can still be alive is this something that can happen with chemical abortions uh um yes it could
00:04:16.720 absolutely if it's uh again uh without um women deserve the ongoing care of a doctor when taking high
00:04:24.640 risk drugs so without that ongoing care of the doctor there's risks for all sorts of complications
00:04:30.640 that these things will be improperly administered that will be administered in an incorrect order
00:04:36.080 or any number of things besides one of the other things that is i guess a concern when we're looking
00:04:42.640 at chemical abortions that are being administered at home is you know these women are maybe speaking
00:04:46.480 with the doctor over something like zoom they're not actually doing the in-person visits how likely is
00:04:51.680 this something that will affect vulnerable women or even women that are in situations where they're being
00:04:56.640 trafficked i think that's an excellent insight there is a heightened risk of exploitation to vulnerable
00:05:03.600 women and a likelihood then of of prolonging the trafficking of women without detection
00:05:09.440 there should be a requirement in abortionists to uh to screen for possible trafficking exploitation
00:05:17.120 and coercion and when it comes to telemedicine if anything it lends itself towards the abuse
00:05:23.120 and misuse of uh of abortion in such a way that um that those women who are being exploited will
00:05:31.120 continue to be exploited uh because there's no no avenue in which that exploitation can be detected
00:05:38.720 air chemical abortions very common in alberta i know that you guys at pro-life alberta drew attention
00:05:43.840 to this clinic especially but is it something that we've seen in the province so far or is this really
00:05:48.080 a rarity that this has been able to open i think it is increasing in part because of the so to speak
00:05:55.120 convenience of it um but like i said it reminds me or makes me think of the back alley abortion or moving
00:06:02.160 the abortions from the back alley to the bathroom a high risk done in secret and without proper medical
00:06:09.440 attention uh that uh that puts a woman's lives at risk and do we know what the impact could be on the
00:06:16.400 water supply as well obviously when we're looking at this there's these little babies that will become
00:06:20.080 biohazard waste in the water and then the chemicals of the drug itself are these things that can be you
00:06:25.600 know easily filtered out or is this damaging the water supply increasingly over time i'm and and that's
00:06:32.000 the thing i mean i don't know as to uh and i don't think we do know as to that but i do think it's
00:06:38.560 um you know with with the concerns that we have in the environment and what we're putting into our
00:06:43.680 water supply if we're having thousands upon thousands of chemical abortions and these uh the
00:06:50.800 products of conception which is to say that the the aborted child is just flushed down the toilet um
00:06:58.080 what's going to happen of that like it doesn't that that will inevitably end up in our water supply
00:07:03.840 in some way so these are things that we need to look at and it's a reason why chemical abortions
00:07:10.000 should be removed from uh telemedicine platforms and why we should make adverse reporting mandatory
00:07:17.200 to help track and address uh complications surrounding uh abortions and surrounding chemical
00:07:23.520 abortions especially right it is quite shocking to think of i mean we obviously take so much care and
00:07:29.040 we show a lot of respect to human bodies when someone passes and all the burial proceedings that
00:07:33.760 go along with that and in this case sure the water supply and the damage that can be done there
00:07:38.000 and the impact it will have on people is huge but also just the disrespect and the dishonor shown to
00:07:42.480 these little babies as they're flushed down the toilet it's honestly just too sickening to really
00:07:46.480 comprehend i'm really glad that you guys have raised attention to this issue before i let you go you
00:07:52.000 know people are going to be wondering what they can do about this what's your call to action on this matter
00:07:58.480 well on this i would encourage uh i would encourage people to reach out to their mla and reach out to
00:08:05.120 our ucp health minister adriana lagrange to let her know that chemical abortions are not worth the risk
00:08:12.480 that woman and their babies deserve better than abortion and that woman deserve the ongoing care
00:08:18.080 of a doctor when taking high risk drugs and so therefore we should be removing chemical abortions
00:08:24.400 from telemedicine platforms to safeguards woman's health and well-being richard thank you so much the
00:08:31.600 rest of my audience we will be back on saturday with our regular coverage i hope that you enjoyed
00:08:35.840 this video if you have any additional comments for richard just put them in the comment section below
00:08:40.480 and we'll get back to you on those i hope that you guys have a great rest of your week i'll see
00:08:44.160 y'all on saturday god bless