CV NEWS FEED // A Colorado mother is speaking out in support of the nurse practitioner who helped save her unborn daughter’s life through abortion pill reversal (APR), a practice that the state effectively prohibited in 2023.
“After taking the first pill, I immediately regretted my decision,” Mackenna Greene wrote in a Jan. 25 article of the Washington Examiner. “It was the worst decision I ever made.”
Upon electing to reverse her attempted chemical abortion, Greene connected with the Abortion Pill Rescue Network (APRN), where nurse practitioner Chelsea Mynyk prescribed Greene progesterone, a naturally occurring hormone in women that supports pregnancy.
“Chelsea was honest with me about the process,” Greene continued. “There was only a chance that my baby could be saved.”
After Greene underwent the APR, Mynyk routinely monitored Greene’s pregnancy until she carried her unborn child to full term, according to Greene. She delivered a healthy baby girl.
“I thank God for giving [my unborn child] a second chance at life and for placing Chelsea in our lives,” Greene wrote, “especially because my state, Colorado, has banned the practice of APR.”
Colorado state legislation allows the medical use of progesterone in cases including the prevention of miscarriages and preterm labor, Greene explained. However, according to Alliance Defending Freedom, in 2023 Colorado legislators passed a law (SB 23-190) prohibiting healthcare professionals from providing APR.
In February 2024, after Mynyk helped save Greene’s daughter, the Colorado Board of Nursing opened an investigation of a potential policy violation by Mynyk based on an anonymous third-party complaint of her administration of APR, according to ADF.
“To clarify, this investigation was opened because Chelsea saved a life,” Greene wrote in her Jan. 25 article. “Which is exactly what medical professionals are supposed to do.”
In April 2023, nonprofit Catholic clinic Bella Health and Wellness sued the Colorado attorney general and the Colorado Board of Nursing, and several Colorado district attorneys, challenging the state’s restriction of healthcare professionals providing APR.
In October 2023, the clinic successfully received a preliminary injunction preventing the state from enforcing SB 23-190 against it while the lawsuit proceeds. In April 2024, Mynyk joined the lawsuit as a plaintiff.
According to ADF, Mynyk believes her faith compels her to provide APR to women who desire to save the lives of their unborn children.
