[ Editor’s note: This story originally was published by Live Action News . ]
By Carole Novielli
Live Action News
Live Action News has learned that …
[ Editor’s note: This story originally was published by Live Action News.] By Carole Novielli Live Action News Live Action News has learned that multiple spokespersons and study authors on the payroll of the abortion pill manufacturer Danco and its generic GenBioPro are often cited by the media without question and their studies are openly promoted. The abortion pill, which has long been shrouded in secrecy, is more than a profitable venture. The abortion industry is estimated to gross nearly $200 million annually in abortion pill sales — twice as much money as initially projected. Who’s funding the abortion pill? The abortion pill (mifepristone) was brought to the U.S. by the eugenics-founded Population Council which later established Danco Laboratories to manufacture the pill. The Population Council was in charge of overseeing clinical trials for the abortion pill and set up a system through which it would also receive royalties from its sales. From the onset, Danco’s executives, company structure and original investors have been shrouded in secrecy with the exception of a select few like the Packard and Buffett Foundations, as well as billionaire George Soros ‘ Open Society Foundations. In 1996, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, (a substantial donor to P lanned Parenthood, the National Abortion Federation (NAF), and NARAL), invested $14.2 million into Danco and is now also investing millions in GenBioPro, Inc., an FDA-approved company which began manufacturing a generic version of the abortion pill in 2019. Packard has also funded Gynuity Health Projects, which is currently conducting abortion pill clinical trials and a number of studies with the goal of expanding access to the abortion pill regimen. The Buffett and Packard Foundations then finance studies used to convince the public that abortion is safe, yet the media fails to point out this conflict of interest. Who has financial ties to the abortion pill? Courtney A Schreiber recently declared that she has received “ personal fees ” as well as “ consulting fees ” from Danco Laboratories. She is an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and a member of the National Abortion Federation, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, and Society of Family Planning (SFP). Schreiber has co-authored research published by JAMA Network Open, Perspectives on Sexual Health ( PSH), Reproductive Psychiatry and Women’s Health ( RPWH), New England Journal of Medicine ( NEJM), Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ( JOG), American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology AJOG and Contraception (see here, and here). Schreiber is cited by the media as an expert. She recently referred to a law requiring doctors to inform patients about abortion pill reversal (APR) as “deeply distressing” and “mortifyingly harmful,” with no disclosures of any conflicts. She has admitted to teaching both chemical and surgical abortion, and claims to have “expertise in the conduct of human-subjects research in reproduction.” “I am an expert in the provision of abortion services, having provided this procedure to over 5,000 patients as an integral component of my practice,” she stated in a court deposition.
