Our sources

Every medical fact on this site comes from one of the sources below. Where major medical bodies and other researchers disagree, we say so and describe each side, rather than presenting a contested claim as settled.

Medical organizations and government agencies

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Induced abortion, How your fetus grows, Viability, Capacity for pain, Medication abortion reversal, Language guide
• U.S. National Library of Medicine (MedlinePlus): Fetal development, Abortion: surgical
• NIH Bookshelf (StatPearls): Abortion
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Mifeprex label (2023), Mifepristone questions and answers
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Abortion Surveillance, United States, 2022
• National Cancer Institute: Abortion, miscarriage, and breast cancer risk
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: The Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the United States (2018)
• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (UK): Fetal awareness review (2022), Abortion care patient information (2024)
• Society of Family Planning: Induction of fetal asystole before abortion (2024)
• American Psychological Association: Task force on mental health and abortion (2008)
• Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (UK): Induced abortion and mental health (2011)

Peer-reviewed research

• Biggs MA et al. Mental health 5 years after receiving or being denied an abortion. JAMA Psychiatry, 2017.
• Fergusson DM et al. Abortion and mental health disorders: a 30-year longitudinal study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 2008.
• Coleman PK. Abortion and mental health: quantitative synthesis. British Journal of Psychiatry, 2011.
• Derbyshire SWG, Bockmann JC. Reconsidering fetal pain. Journal of Medical Ethics, 2020.
• Lemmers M et al. D&C and subsequent preterm birth. Human Reproduction, 2016.
• Creinin MD et al. Mifepristone antagonization with progesterone. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2020.
• Stifani BM, Lavelanet AF. Reversal of medication abortion with progesterone: a systematic review. BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, 2023.

Michigan law and programs

• Michigan Constitution, Article I, Section 28
• MDHHS: Safe Delivery of Newborns, WIC, Medicaid eligibility, Maternal Infant Health Program