Medical and Surgical Abortions

• Mifepristone Side Effects: Common, Severe, Long Term. Drugs.com. https://www.drugs.com/sfx/mifepristone-side-effects.html.

• Ethics & Public Policy Center. (2025, April 28). Largest-Ever Study of Abortion Pill Reveals Shocking Number of Adverse Events - Ethics & Public Policy Center. https://eppc.org/news/largest-ever-study-of-abortion-pill-reveals-shocking-number-of-adverse-events/ 

• Research, C. F. D. E. A. (2025, January 17). Information about Mifepristone for Medical Termination of Pregnancy Through Ten Weeks Gestation. U.S. Food and Drug Administration Warning on Ordering Abortion Pills By Mail https://www.fda.gov/drugs/postmarket-drug-safety-information-patients-and-providers/mifeprex-mifepristone-information

• At Home Abortion Facts. (2023, February 26). Abortion Health & Safety Checklist. https://athomeabortionfacts.com/abortion-health-safety-checklist/

• Steupert, M. (2023, March 30). Five Things We Don’t Know about Abortion in the U.S. Lozier Institute. https://lozierinstitute.org/five-things-we-dont-know-about-abortion-in-the-u-s-but-could-with-better-reporting/ 

• Abortion Pill Reversal. (n.d.-b). Overview. https://abortionpillreversal.com/abortion-pill-reversal/overview 

• Alchemy, D. (2023, January 14). VIRGINIA FACT CHECK: Science Demonstrates Unborn Babies Feel Pain by 15 Weeks - Lozier Institute. https://lozierinstitute.org/virginia-fact-check-science-demonstrates-unborn-babies-feel-pain-by-15-weeks/ 

• Risk Factors for Abortion and First Trimester Miscarriage-Results From a UK-Population-Based Case-Control Study, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. 

• American Pregnancy (2023). Surgical Abortion. https://americanpregnancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/surgicalabortion.pdf 

• Misoprostol: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects & Warnings. (n.d.). Drugs.com. 

• https://www.drugs.com/sfx/misoprostol-side-effects.html 

• Mayo Clinic Staff. Medical Abortion. Mayo Clinic. 9 June 2026. 

• National Library of Medicine. Misoprostol. MedlinePlus.

• Pregnancy Help News. 6 June 2026. Documented Cases of Abortion Pill Poisonings and Forced Abortions. https://pregnancyhelpnews.com/news/tracker-abortion-poisonings

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Pregnancy, Fertility, and Miscarriage

• American Pregnancy Association. (2022, November 22). Pregnancy Symptoms. https://americanpregnancy.org/getting-pregnant/am-i-pregnant/pregnancy-symptoms/ 

• About alcohol use during pregnancy. (2026, April 2). Alcohol and Pregnancy. https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol-pregnancy/about/index.html

• Cannabis and pregnancy. (2025, January 31). Cannabis and Public Health. https://www.cdc.gov/cannabis/health-effects/pregnancy.html 

• American Pregnancy Association. What is Implantation Bleeding? https://americanpregnancy.org/pregnancy-symptoms/what-is-implantation-bleeding/

• About STIs and pregnancy. (2025, February 12). Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). https://www.cdc.gov/sti/about/about-stis-and-pregnancy.html 

• Charlotte Lozier Institute. (2023, April 25). Fetal Development: 12 Facts at 12 Weeks - Lozier Institute. https://lozierinstitute.org/12-facts-at-12-weeks/ 

• U.S. Food And Drug Administration. (Research) ella Morning After Pill Dosage and Side Effects https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2015/022474s007lbl.pdf 

• American Pregnancy Association. (2022b). Taking a Pregnancy Test. https://americanpregnancy.org/getting-pregnant/taking-a-pregnancy-test/ 

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Planning for Pregnancy. CDC, https://www.cdc.gov/pregnancy/about/index.html. Accessed 9 June 2026. 

• American Pregnancy Association. (2022, December 29). Miscarriage: Signs, symptoms, treatment and prevention. https://americanpregnancy.org/getting-pregnant/pregnancy-loss/signs-of-miscarriage/ 

 

Sexual Health, STDs, and Contraceptives

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Fact Sheets): How to Prevent STDs. https://www.cdc.gov/sti/prevention/lowdown/ 

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/fysb/adolescent-pregnancy-prevention/sexual-risk-avoidance-education 

• LlM, S. W. J. (2023, January 14). New Studies Show All Emergency Contraceptives Can Cause Early Abortion - Lozier Institute. Lozier Institute. https://lozierinstitute.org/emergencycontraceptives/ 

• STD Facts - Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. May 2023. https://www.cdc.gov/pid/about/index.html 

• Oral contraceptives (Birth control pills) and cancer risk. (2018, February 22). Cancer.gov. https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/hormones/oral-contraceptives-fact-sheet