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Abortion Study

Investigating pregnancy termination in an animal model Background: Approximately 20% of all pregnancies in the U.S. end in abortion. The health implications of abortion on women continues to be a s…

This is a link to my lab research page pertaining to abortion. We investigated the consequences of the abortion pill (mifepristone/RU486) at the preclinical levels. We observed depression- and anxiety-like effects in addition to long-term physiological changes.
The paper we have published can be downloaded here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2019.00544. An executive summary can be found here: https://sammutlab.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/camilleri-et-al-2019_executive-summary-1.pdf. This is the same pill authorized by the FDA!!!