The principal investigator of a study seeking to disprove the legitimacy of abortion pill reversal has direct ties — including financial ties — to abortion pill manufacturer Danco, which was formed by the eugenics-founded Population Council. This potential conflict of interest should demand scrutiny from the media — but instead, the media willingly questions abortion pill reversal based upon a single “expert” that receives compensation from Danco. This “expert” is Mitchell D. Creinin, a professor at University of California, Davis, sponsor of the study.
Mitchell Creinin has long history with abortion. He is an abortionist who was involved in clinical trials of RU-486 at Magee-Women’s Hospital Dept. of OB/GYN Pittsburgh, PA. He was the previous medical and lab director of Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania, as described by Oxford University Press. He worked on an abortion training publication for the National Abortion Federation (NAF). He has served on the Board of Directors for the Association for Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP). He is also listed among the advisory counsel for the early abortion training guide published by Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), part of UCSF’s Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health.
As I detailed in a Twitter thread shown below, Creinin’s abortion history and connections to the abortion pill’s manufacturer are deep and worth mentioning. This calls into question the validity of his study into abortion pill reversal. Creinin has financial incentive to make sure the abortion pill remains in demand, as do the study’s sponsors. This is a blatant conflict of interest.
Carole Novielli@CaroleNovielliPerson behind “Clinical Trial” to attempt to disprove abortion pill reversal (APR) – connected to abortion and takes money from abortion pill manufacturer- can you say CONFLICT? https://www.liveaction.org/news/whos-who-abortion-pill-reversal-study/ … #AbortionPillReversal #prolife #UCSF #Gynuity #SelfManagedAbortion
The who’s who (and who not to trust) behind an abortion pill reversal study
Abortion advocates want broad access to the abortion pill, and are pushing studies funded by people who stand to gain financially from abortion pill sales.
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Carole Novielli@CaroleNovielli2/ Mitchell D Creinin is Principal Investigator of the anti- APR #abortion study- more here https://www.liveaction.org/news/whos-who-abortion-pill-reversal-study/ … #AbortionPillReversal #prolife #UCSF #Gynuity #SelfManagedAbortion pic.twitter.com/mxAZBtgtWl
Carole Novielli@CaroleNovielli3/ Mitchell D Creinin is Professor at University of California, Davis (UCD) – the anti-APR study’s sponsor more here https://www.liveaction.org/news/whos-who-abortion-pill-reversal-study/ … #AbortionPillReversal #prolife #UCSF #Gynuity #SelfManagedAbortion #APR pic.twitter.com/ceovZv7Uqr
Carole Novielli@CaroleNovielli4/ Mitchell D Creinin is a consultant for abortion pill manufacturer, receiving consulting fees $$/ honorarium f/ DANCO https://www.liveaction.org/news/whos-who-abortion-pill-reversal-study/ … #AbortionPillReversal #prolife #UCSF #Gynuity #SelfManagedAbortion pic.twitter.com/GZ4s3kfmSp
Carole Novielli@CaroleNovielli5/ Mitchell D Creinin provided “third-party telephone consults,” for #abortion pill (Mifeprex or RU486) DANCO – formed by Population Council
More here https://www.liveaction.org/news/whos-who-abortion-pill-reversal-study/ … #AbortionPillReversal #prolife #UCSF #Gynuity #SelfManagedAbortion pic.twitter.com/MsAH2mXW7v
Carole Novielli@CaroleNovielli6/ Creinin founding member of Society of Family Planning (SFP) began w/ Packard Foundation $$ – which is funding abortion pill studies/ publications. SFP funding study- granted UC Davis $401,764. https://www.liveaction.org/news/whos-who-abortion-pill-reversal-study/ … #AbortionPillReversal #prolife #APR #ConflictOfInterest pic.twitter.com/FTtWWM90gm
Carole Novielli@CaroleNovielli7/ Creinin, deputy editor SFP’s journal Contraception, publishes Packard-funded reports promoting self-managed abortion. Funds Gynuity which sponsors abortion pill expansion studies https://www.liveaction.org/news/exposed-conflicts-interest-abortion-pill/ … more here https://www.liveaction.org/news/whos-who-abortion-pill-reversal-study/ … #prolife #Gynuity #ConflictOfInterest pic.twitter.com/CarYNczMXg
Carole Novielli@CaroleNovielli8/ Packard’s investment seeded abortion pill MFG, DANCO including a $14 million loan as early as 1996 to bring drug RU486 (Mifepristone) to US Packard funds UC Davis sponsor of study https://www.liveaction.org/news/secrecy-abortion-pill-maker-investors/ … More here https://www.liveaction.org/news/whos-who-abortion-pill-reversal-study/ … #AbortionPillReversal #prolife pic.twitter.com/SYzUaTfwHV
Carole Novielli@CaroleNovielli9/ Creinin is Principal Investigator (PI) in another clinical trial by abortionist on pharmacy dispension of abortion pill https://www.liveaction.org/news/this-abortionist-claims-abortion-pill-doesnt-need-regulations-hes-wrong/ …
More here https://www.liveaction.org/news/whos-who-abortion-pill-reversal-study/ … #AbortionPillReversal #prolife #UCSF #Gynuity #SelfManagedAbortion #ConflictsOfInterestThe who’s who (and who not to trust) behind an abortion pill reversal study
Abortion advocates want broad access to the abortion pill, and are pushing studies funded by people who stand to gain financially from abortion pill sales.
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Carole Novielli@CaroleNovielli10/ Creinin previous medical/lab director Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania – and an abortionist involved in original clinical trials of RU-486 abortion pill #AbortionPillReversal #prolife #UCSF #Gynuity #SelfManagedAbortion #ConflictOfInterest
Carole Novielli@CaroleNovielli11/ In summary- FOLLOW THE MONEY – something this @VICE report FAILED to do – https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/j5wqqp/theres-no-proof-abortion-reversals-are-real-this-study-could-end-the-debate …
These abortion “studies” are tied together by $$ from #Packard / Danco support from #UCSF #AbortionPillReversal #prolife #Gynuity #SelfManagedAbortion #ConflictOfInterestThere’s no proof “abortion reversals” are real. This study could end the debate.
Four states already mandate that doctors advise women their abortions can be reversed.
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As shown in the Twitter thread above, Creinin serves as consultant for abortion pill (Mifeprex) manufacturer, Danco, and receives consulting fees and compensation from the company. In addition, he receives honorarium from Danco. Creinin also provides “third-party telephone consults” for Danco. Creinin’s study sponsor is financed by the Packard Foundation, one of Danco’s major financial investors.
If this all weren’t enough to show a major conflict of interest, Creinin is also a founding member of the Society of Family Planning, which is collaborating on the study. This organization’s mission is to support abortion research, it, too, is funded by the Packard Foundation. Creinin is also the deputy editor of SFP’s official journal–Contraception. Packard-funded studies in this journal unsurprisingly support the pro-abortion cause, claiming self-managed abortion is safe, and urging the undoing of current FDA safety standards restricting dispensation of the abortion pill (known as REMS). The Journal’s editorial board has been stacked with abortion industry insiders, including a National Abortion Federation board member and members of the Population Council (responsible for bringing the abortion pill into the US and forming DANCO, the manufacturer of the pill). Obviously, the journal is pro-abortion.
Creinin is also the principal investigator in another clinical trial run abortionist/researcher Daniel Grossman (professor at University of California, San Francisco) on pharmacy dispension of the abortion pill.
Despite the fact that this conflict exists between the study’s “investigator” and Danco, media outlets ignore it. Such was the case over at Vice, which published the latest attack against abortion pill reversal, highlighting Creinin’s study without drawing one line to his connections to the abortion pill’s manufacturer. Vice headlined their hit piece: “THERE’S NO PROOF ‘ABORTION REVERSALS’ ARE REAL. THIS STUDY COULD END THE DEBATE,” in spite of the fact that Creinin’s study is only at the recruiting stage, and hasn’t reached any conclusions yet.
Or has it?
Creinin makes no secret that he doesn’t believe in abortion pill reversal — and his profitable relationship with Danco should give any critically thinking person reason to question the motivations behind this push to “test” the effectiveness of the abortion pill reversal protocol.
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- This article is reprinted with permission. The original appeared here at Live Action News.
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