CV NEWS FEED // In a recent Pregnancy Help News article, an Iowa pregnancy resource center shared its inspiring story of a young woman who became the organization’s first mother to undergo abortion pill reversal (APR) treatment.
According to Peggy Knudson, the founder and executive director of Cradle of Hope Pregnancy Resource Center, the young woman, whom the article identified as “Kelci,” had been pressured by her boyfriend to take the chemical abortion pill in January.
When Kelci first reached out to Cradle seeking shelter, Knudson had been unable to reach her due to a massive snowstorm. Soon after, Kelci’s boyfriend took her to an abortion clinic, where he allegedly made several threats to her if she did not take the pill.
Knudson recalled receiving a phone call from Kelci, who told her that she had gone to an abortion clinic at 4 p.m. that day. Although there was another blizzard sweeping across the state at the time, Knudson and her husband drove two hours to bring Kelci and her 10-month-old to Cradle.
“All the way there, we talked to the 800 number (for the Abortion Pill Rescue Network),” Knudson recalled. “On the way [back], I contacted the overseeing doctor for Cradle, and I said ‘Listen, there is nobody in southeast Iowa that is providing abortion reversal – we have to do this,’ and he goes, ‘Okay.’”
The Abortion Pill Rescue Network is overseen by the renowned pro-life organization Heartbeat International.
The Knudsons were able to get Kelci and her child to the women’s shelter by midnight. They planned to bring her in for an ultrasound the next day.
The next morning, Knudson said she had to scramble to have the driveway plowed to get Kelci into the doctor’s on time. “It had snowed all night,” she remembered.
Knudson was able to get Kelci to her ultrasound, where doctors discovered the baby was “very actively moving,” despite having a low heart rate. Kelci was then able to begin APR protocol, which reverses chemical abortions via the administration of progesterone.
“At her next ultrasound,” the article stated, “her baby’s heartbeat was strong.”
Kelci is due to give birth to her baby in July.
