Last Updated on August 5, 2024 by Zany Progressive
Scientists in Poland are developing tests that detect abortion pills in your system
Editor’s note: You know how drug tests can detect drugs in your system? You know how Republicans are going full fascist and trying to control us? Well, now there could be a test that detects abortion pills in your system. FOR WHY?!
“Scientists in Poland have reportedly developed lab tests that can detect abortion pills in your system—and those tests are already being used to investigate pregnancy outcomes under the country’s abortion ban. This is an alarming development, to say the least, and unfortunately, it feels like it’s only a matter of time before a U.S. state replicates the effort.
According to a bone-chilling piece in the New York Times, Polish scientists have developed tests that can identify both mifepristone and misoprostol, the drugs typically used in a medication abortion. (Though some people do use misoprostol alone.) The studies were part of a research project funded by the Polish government where researchers were able to find evidence of misoprostol in the placenta and mifepristone in a woman’s blood sample. A spokesperson for a prosecutor’s office in Wroclaw confirmed to the Times that Polish authorities have already used the tests to investigate pregnancy outcomes.”
Read more about this on Jezebel.com.
