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Chelsea Mynyk is a nurse practitioner and certified nurse midwife in Colorado. She runs her own clinic, Castle Rock Women’s Health, where she offers STD testing and treatment, select ultrasounds, prenatal care, various parenting classes, and abortion pill reversal. She also brings expanded medical services to Grand County once a month through her contract with Pregnancy Resource Connection.
Chelsea believes all life is created by God and worthy of protection, and she wants to continue her life-saving work. But in January 2024, an anonymous individual filed a complaint against Chelsea because she offers APR. The Colorado Board of Nursing opened an investigation into Chelsea and her practice, so Alliance Defending Freedom filed a motion to intervene [join] in the current lawsuit, Bella Health and Wellness v. Weiser on Chelsea’s behalf.
What is Abortion Pill Reversal?
Abortion pill reversal (APR) is a safe process that allows women a chance to continue their pregnancy if they change their mind about having an abortion. In the process, doctors and nurses use the natural hormone progesterone to counteract the effects of mifepristone, the first of two drugs commonly used in chemical abortions.
Many women have changed their minds about abortion after taking mifepristone and before taking misoprostol, the second drug. During this window, APR can provide a chance to save the baby.
While APR is not guaranteed to reverse the effects of abortion drugs, research shows it has a 64-68 percent success rate, and statistics indicate it has saved over 5,000 unborn children. Since progesterone is a natural hormone needed to sustain pregnancy, the process does not put women in danger.
Despite these facts, Colorado inexplicably banned the practice of APR and silenced medical professionals who wish to inform people about it.
Why did Mynyk File Suit?
Chelsea Mynyk is currently helping two clients utilizing APR.
“They immediately regretted their decision after taking that first chemical abortion drug, mifepristone,” she said. “They were in tears of desperation wanting to know if there’s something they could take to save their babies and to help them. Their babies are doing well; they continue to grow,” said Mynyk. “It’s amazing to see the moms go from fear and overwhelming pressures—now they’re falling in love with their babies when they see them on ultrasound.”
In a recent interview with Pregnancy Help News, Mynyk discussed her experience with serving patients. “The most common form of an abortion right now in the U.S. is the chemical abortion pill partly because this is available through the mail,” she said. “The patient doesn’t even have to see a doctor or get a prescription they can just order it online. The majority of abortions take place in the first trimester which is up to 12 weeks,” continued Mynyk. “These ladies that reached out to us have similar stories to what we have found with other women; that immediately they regret their decision; within hours sometimes.”
“The primary thing is that we’re able to assure that professionals like Chelsea aren’t silenced and that they’re able to continue to offer to women the ability to continue their pregnancies when they change their mind,” Kevin Theriot, Alliance Defending Freedom lawyer said. “There are some real stories here that should be told. One of them is the story of why she became involved in APR.”
Mynyk considers all human life to be sacred from conception to natural death. Psalm 139 inspires the foundation of Castle Rock Women’s Health: “I will praise Thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”
“Part of that inspiration was when we were pregnant with our second baby, and they found some unexpected findings on our eight-week ultrasound. Our doctor on several occasions pressured us into having an abortion saying that there’s potentially a Down syndrome baby here,” Mynyk recalled. “And we were just surprised with how much she pressured us telling us this would be the best thing for us and for our baby.”
A Timeline of Bella Health and Wellness v. Weiser
· April 2023: After Colorado passed an unconstitutional law banning abortion pill reversal, Bella Health and Wellness challenged it in a lawsuit.
· October 2023: A federal district court issued a preliminary injunction preventing Colorado from enforcing the law against Bella Health while the lawsuit proceeds.
· January 2024: The Colorado Board of Nursing opened an investigation into Chelsea Mynyk because an anonymous individual filed a complaint about Chelsea offering APR.
· March 2024: Alliance Defending Freedom filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit on Chelsea Mynyk’s behalf.
· April 2024: ADF’s motion to intervene in the case was granted.
As Chelsea Mynyk, and Bella Health and Wellness, prepare for this lawsuit, we ask that you keep them in your prayers!
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