“A day of tremendous celebration” as Abortion Pill Rescue Network hits new milestone for lives saved
By: Lisa Bourne, originally published June 12, 2025, Pregnancy Help News
The Abortion Pill Reversal protocol has achieved a new record for the number of unborn children saved and mothers spared from the effects of chemical abortion.
Statistics now show that more than 7,000 lives have been saved thanks to the Abortion Pill Rescue Network (APRN).
The milestone of 7,000 lives saved through the APRN comes as the network is seeing significant growth in the number of women seeking to reverse their chemical abortions. The 7K lives saved milestone was reached faster than previous milestones, the 6K mark having been celebrated last November, and monthly inquiries to the APRN for Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) have been up by more than 20% in recent months.
More women are inquiring with the APRN about reversing their chemical abortions despite the network facing ongoing lawsuits and other pushback from pro-abortion politicians, and the APRN website encountering heavy censorship from Google and Facebook.
Attacks on life-afirming options for women
Abortion supporters have tried to malign APR, with the media’s help, claiming that reversal of chemical abortion is junk science or even dangerous, the claims typically lacking evidence or coming with doubtful substantiation from parties with ties to the abortion industry or compensated roles with abortion drug manufacturers.
Facebook had previously taken down the Abortion Pill Reversal page with no warning, claiming a violation of its community standards. Facebook also removed a post by Heartbeat sharing an APR mom’s story, with an unaccountable third-party fact checker as justification. Google also removed ads promoting the Abortion Pill Reversal hotline, citing a report from a pro-abortion group that had false information.
U.S. House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, (D-N.Y.) objected to Facebook allowing APR ads in a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, resorting to the same pro-abortion information and sources used by the media and disregarding the thousands of successful reversals statistically shown at the time.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a law in 2023 designating it “unprofessional conduct” for the state’s medical providers to offer Abortion Pill Reversal; the law facing legal challenge.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health issued a memo to the commonwealth’s licensed healthcare professionals warning them against practicing “in violation of good and accepted care practice,” claiming APR is an unacceptable healthcare practice.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against Heartbeat International and a group of affiliated pregnancy medical clinics in the state to block “advertising Abortion Pill Reversal as safe and effective.”
There are also numerous lawsuits in state and federal courts initiated by New York Attorney General Letitia James and her efforts to suppress promotion of APR.
Safe and effective
APR is an updated application of a treatment used for decades to combat miscarriage. It involves prescribing progesterone to counter the effects of mifepristone, the first of two drugs in a chemical abortion.
The majority of all abortions in the U.S. are chemical abortions and chemical abortion continues to rise as it remains largely unregulated and abortion pill purveyors circumvent existing laws to sell the drugs.
In a chemical abortion, mifepristone blocks progesterone in the pregnant woman’s system, starving her unborn baby of nutrients. The second drug, misoprostol, taken a day or so later, causes the mother to go into labor and deliver her presumably deceased child.
If a woman takes mifepristone and changes her mind about continuing with her chemical abortion and she acts quickly enough, it may be possible to save her child with Abortion Pill Reversal. Results are best within 24 hours, but reversals have successfully occurred as long as 72 hours after mifepristone was ingested.
All major studies show that using progesterone to counteract an in-progress chemical abortion (Abortion Pill Reversal) can be effective since it is bio-identical to the hormone a woman’s body produces to sustain her pregnancy.
A 2018 peer-reviewed study showed positive results, including 64%-68% of the pregnancies saved through APR, no increase in birth defects, and lower preterm delivery rate than the general population.
The APRN is managed by Heartbeat International and consists of more than 1,000 healthcare professionals, pregnancy centers, hospitals, and pharmacies that administer the APR protocol.
The network has assisted women in all 50 states in the U.S. and in 96 other countries.
A marked increase in women finding the APRN and hope
Representatives from Heartbeat, the largest network of pregnancy help organizations in the U.S. and globally, said Abortion Reversal is the nation’s most effective response to chemical abortion and that this milestone demonstrates the life-saving impact of the APRN.
“The APRN team reached 7,000 faster than expected!” said Jor-El Godsey, president of Heartbeat International. “Instead of taking a year to add another 1,000, it’s only taken about half that time.”
“Since November of last year, we’ve seen a marked increase in women finding us with the hope of changing the path they had previously chosen,” Godsey said. “Milestones like this are important as we see chemical abortion exploding across the U.S.”
“It’s only natural that with more abortions, there will be more women who regret making – or being forced into – that decision,” he added.
Miracle moments where reversal saves beautiful babies
Heartbeat International Vice President Cindi Boston echoed his remarks about how the APRN allows women to have a second chance at choice.
“At the heart of every woman is a nurturing spirit — one filled with compassion and care,” Boston said.
“Some women feel pressured to use chemical abortion when finding out they are pregnant because of circumstances or people,” she said. “These moms hesitantly take the first chemical abortion pill, with thousands telling us they feel immediate regret. We celebrate the remarkable growth of Heartbeat’s Abortion Pill Rescue Network and the miracle moments where reversal saves beautiful babies.”
Thousands of courageous women have saved their children from abortion with the support of the APRN
Christa Brown BSN, RN, is Heartbeat International’s senior director of Medical Impact and works closely with the APRN. Brown welcomed the APRN’s latest landmark for saving unborn lives and liberating mothers who have changed their mind about their chemical abortion and wish to continue their pregnancies.
“This is a day of tremendous celebration as thousands of courageous women have now saved their children from abortion with the support of the APR Network,” she said.
“This extraordinary achievement comes amid big tech suppression, lawfare, and professional intimidation,” Brown said. “The abortion rhetoric pushed by media and pro-abortion medical organizations, as well as the litigation aimed at APR, only underscores this great success.”
“It is an honor for our team to serve these courageous women who face their fears and the vast pressures put on them by their life circumstances and by others,” she said. “Yet they choose their children anyway and make that fateful decision to choose life even after the start of an abortion.”
“Each of these beautiful, healthy children were created in the likeness and image of God and we know the Lord has great plans for each of them,” Brown said.
Lisa Bourne is Managing Editor of Pregnancy Help News and Content Writer for Heartbeat International.
Images: Pregnancy Help News, Abortion Pill Rescue Network & Heartbeat International.