When the state of North Dakota passed a law requiring abortion providers to inform patients that it may be possible to “reverse” a medication abortion, Center Director, Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH spoke out against it. “It's a terrible idea to try to legislate medical practice.” says Wynia.
“This misrepresentation will serve to mislead or coerce patients who want to ‘undo’ a medication abortion to participate in an unethical experiment without their knowledge,” Wynia wrote in a declaration filed in a lawsuit seeking to stop the law. “For physicians who are forced to deliver a misleading and inaccurate message that might cause their patients to enroll in an experiment without their full knowledge, doing so is highly unethical.” Read article>>