A young teacher from Abra, “Teacher D”, one of the many patients we have from the Coldilleras and Ilocandia was a victim of substandard medicines from social media.

She gave us her consent and the go-signal to share our exchanges with her hoping that women in her community will learn that there is a safer,  more effective and more reliable option other than those being sold by sketchy sellers on social media.

Teacher D intended to terminate her pregnancy early. At around 5 weeks of pregnancy, she purchased meds from social media that ultimately resulted to failure .  The bleeding was very light and no fleshy tissues were expelled. She knew right there and then that her attempt at Medical Abortion failed. It failed because her procedure lacked the MOST important medicine–MIFEPRISTONE. The misoprostol she took may have failed to expel the POC (embryo, sac, placenta, etc) but it was most probably enough to cause fetal malformation leading to birth defects in case the pregnancy is brought to term.

Upon scouring the internet , she chanced upon a comment mentioning Project486. She contacted the team and she learned a lot about Standard Medical Abortion and abortion in general. What she learned just confirmed what she knew all along, she had been a victim of widespread abortion pill scam.

Being the family breadwinner that she is, her purchase of the failed FB abortion pills drained her finances . As far as genuine meds go, the meds from Project 486 are the most reasonable & affordable . However it took a while before she was able to save the amount needed for the repeat procedure , this time using Project486 medicines.

Sellers of questionable meds on social media had denied Teacher D the chance to terminate the pregnancy while the POC ( Products of Conception ) was not yet fully-formed. Her procedure with Project 486 was a complete success but a very emotional one because the POC was already fully formed. The sight of what looks like a small baby really broke her heart into pieces.

(To be updated soon)