Abortion pills without Rh-testing could prevent many women from ever having children

Published May 29, 2020 4:00am ET



Infertility and the difficulties of carrying children to term have grieved women for centuries, and medical science has tried to address those issues. But if the abortion industry has anything to say about it, women today will continue to be at risk of long-term heartbreak.

My husband and I are polar opposites when it comes to blood. Like 15% of the population, I am Rh negative, whereas he is Rh positive. The first child from that combination is usually fine, but then antibodies build up when blood comes in contact, such as during birth, accident, or abortion. These antibodies can cause later pregnancies to end in tragedy, when the mother’s own antibodies attack the blood cells of children in her womb, often causing death.

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