The Alberta Roundup with Isaac Lamoureux - March 06, 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 emmanuel for today's
00:00:16.740 interview we are joined by richard durr durr is the executive director of pro-life alberta which
00:00:23.260 is a political party dedicated to educating albertans on the horrors of abortion richard
00:00:29.720 thanks so much for joining us today hey thanks so much for having me so you drew my attention to
00:00:35.160 an interesting story this week it seems that there is a new abortion clinic here in calgary it's called
00:00:40.740 the alberta medical abortion clinic that's offering chemical abortions and this is something that you
00:00:46.080 were very concerned about you said this is something that damages women more so than regular abortions
00:00:52.000 can you explain what the difference is between a chemical abortion and a typical abortion procedure
00:00:56.700 and why it's so dangerous for women sure so uh when i first heard about the uh this facility
00:01:04.540 it made me think of uh back alley abortions um in the way that we're moving the back alley abortion
00:01:11.480 to the bathroom these things are done in secret they're high risk they're often done without proper
00:01:16.120 medical attention and the potential for dangers and the risks of complications abuse and misuse
00:01:22.300 are um very high uh when it comes to chemical abortion so for example when it comes to chemical abortions
00:01:30.400 there's a uh they can only be done in early first trimester uh pregnancies so uh what's important
00:01:39.000 then is determining correctly the gestational age of uh of the pre-born child and um there's a risk then
00:01:47.820 of if you're only relying on a woman's best guess or estimate as to how far along she is uh you can
00:01:55.700 increase then the risks uh to her um of of complications so some of the symptoms as well
00:02:03.140 between an ectopic pregnancy and those resulting from chemical abortions um are they're the same so
00:02:10.660 there's higher rates of complications than there are in surgical abortions and these complications
00:02:15.640 can lead to the death of both the mother and her baby wow yeah i saw on a site that i was reading
00:02:22.120 about earlier pregnancy help news it said that the there's 10 times the death rate for women
00:02:28.440 with chemical abortions and with surgical abortions are you familiar with those statistics as well
00:02:32.540 i i i've seen various uh statistics from different sources i know it depends as well as to
00:02:40.240 um there's even complications increased complications compared to surgical abortions um even when it's
00:02:47.720 taken within the prescribed and ideal so to speak period of time uh when chemical abortions are supposed
00:02:54.380 to be taken even then there's higher risk of of complications than there are with surgical abortions
00:02:59.740 but of course there's also the increased risk that the chemical abortion will be administered
00:03:04.500 uh at an inopportune time or beyond uh the first few weeks of uh of pregnancy uh when it's not supposed
00:03:12.360 to be taken um and that then of course increases the risk of complications still further so so like i said
00:03:20.660 i mean it reminds me of uh makes me think of back alley abortions uh moving from the back alley to the
00:03:26.760 bathroom where we have high risk abortions done in secret without proper medical attention uh and and women
00:03:34.340 um you know we should be safeguarding women's health and well-being and we don't do that by
00:03:40.120 allowing a um free-for-all when it comes to the um prescription of chemical abortion pills
00:03:49.020 something else that i read online earlier and it seemed almost too horrible to be true was that in the
00:03:54.600 cases of chemical abortions there's instances where women can then pass their baby and there's been
00:03:59.820 some instances where the baby has been passed and the baby is still alive so women are typically doing
00:04:03.680 this at home in their own washroom and so they're seeing you know their their little baby in the
00:04:09.380 toilet there and in some cases that baby can still be alive is this something that can happen with
00:04:12.940 chemical abortions uh i'm yes it could absolutely if it's uh again uh without um women deserve the
00:04:21.720 ongoing care of a doctor when taking high risk drugs so without that ongoing care of the doctor
00:04:28.160 there's risks for all sorts of complications that these things will be improperly administered
00:04:32.740 that will be administered in an incorrect order or any number of things besides
00:04:37.980 one of the other things that is i guess a concern when we're looking at chemical abortions that are
00:04:43.840 being administered at home is you know these women are maybe speaking with the doctor over something
00:04:48.140 like zoom they're not actually doing the in-person visits how likely is this something that will affect
00:04:53.600 vulnerable women or even women that are in situations where they're being trafficked
00:04:57.380 i think that's an excellent insight there is a heightened risk of exploitation to vulnerable
00:05:03.140 women and a likelihood then of of prolonging the trafficking of women without detection
00:05:08.860 uh there should be a requirement in abortionists to uh to screen for possible trafficking exploitation
00:05:16.800 and coercion and when it comes to telemedicine if anything it lends itself towards the abuse and
00:05:23.440 misuse of uh of abortion in such a way that um uh that those women who are being exploited will
00:05:31.040 continue to be exploited uh because there's no no avenue in which that exploitation can be detected
00:05:38.200 your chemical abortions very common in alberta i know that you guys at pro-life alberta drew attention
00:05:43.880 to this clinic especially but is it something that we've seen in the province so far or is this
00:05:47.920 really a rarity that this has been able to open i think it is increasing in part because of the
00:05:54.200 so to speak convenience of it um but like i said it reminds me or makes me think of the back alley
00:06:00.920 abortion or moving the abortions from the back alley to the bathroom a high risk done in secret and
00:06:08.520 without proper medical attention uh that uh that puts a woman's lives at risk and do we know what the
00:06:15.400 impact could be on the water supply as well obviously when we're looking at this there's
00:06:18.900 these little babies that will become biohazard waste in the water and then the chemicals of the drug
00:06:23.460 itself are these things that can be you know easily filtered out or is this damaging the water supply
00:06:28.440 increasingly over time i'm and and that's the thing i mean i don't know as to uh and i don't think
00:06:35.800 we do know as to that but i do think it's um you know with with the concerns that we have in the
00:06:41.700 environment and what we're putting into our water supply if we're having thousands upon thousands
00:06:47.160 of chemical abortions and these uh the products of conception which is to say that the the aborted
00:06:54.900 child is just flushed down the toilet um what's going to happen of that like it doesn't that that
00:07:01.220 will inevitably end up in our water supply and in uh some way so these are things that we need to look
00:07:06.800 at and it's a reason why chemical abortions should be removed from uh telemedicine platforms
00:07:13.320 and why we should make adverse reporting mandatory to help track and address uh complications surrounding
00:07:20.960 uh abortions and surrounding chemical abortions especially right it is quite shocking to think of
00:07:27.120 i mean we obviously take so much care and we show a lot of respect to human bodies when someone passes
00:07:32.120 and all the burial proceedings that go along with that and in this case sure the water supply and
00:07:37.060 the damage that can be done there and the impact it will have on people is huge but also just the
00:07:41.000 disrespect and the dishonor shown to these little babies as they're flushed down the toilet it's
00:07:45.000 honestly just too sickening to really comprehend i'm really glad that you guys have raised attention
00:07:49.900 to this issue before i let you go you know people are going to be wondering what they can do about this
00:07:55.140 what's your call to action on this matter well on this i would encourage uh um i would encourage
00:08:01.340 people to reach out to their mla and reach out to uh our ucp health minister adriana lagrange to let
00:08:08.700 her know that chemical abortions are not worth the risk that woman and their babies deserve better than
00:08:15.020 abortion and that woman deserve the ongoing care of a doctor when taking high risk drugs and so
00:08:21.540 therefore we should be removing chemical abortions from telemedicine platforms to safeguards women's health
00:08:28.880 and well-being richard thank you so much the rest of my audience we will be back on saturday with our
00:08:34.580 regular coverage i hope that you enjoyed this video if you have any additional comments for richard just
00:08:38.480 put them in the comment section below and uh we'll get back to you on those i hope that you guys have
00:08:43.240 a great rest of your week i'll see you all on saturday god bless
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