By Samantha Kamman - Posted at Pregnancy Help News:
(The Washington Stand) A mother who felt pressured by her husband to take the abortion pill nine weeks into her pregnancy says a Las Vegas pregnancy center helped save her child’s life after she experienced regret.During a press call on Monday, nurse Jessica Williams said she was preparing to divorce her husband in 2022 during a period she described as “one of the hardest seasons of [her] life.” While she and her husband were separated, Williams met another man and became pregnant with his child. Williams said her husband demanded that she have an abortion so they could attempt to reconcile their marriage.
“The pressure, confusion, and emotional turmoil were overwhelming,” Williams recalled during the call with reporters hosted by the pro-life research organization Charlotte Lozier Institute to highlight its 2025 National Pregnancy Center Report. “In my moments of fear, confusion, and pressure from my husband, I ordered the abortion pills online. No doctor, no ultrasound, no medical oversight.”
She took the first drug, mifepristone, as her husband watched to make sure that she took it. “Almost immediately, I felt a warm sensation over my womb that would come and go. A sensation that no medical provider has ever been able to explain,” Williams said. “It felt like my baby was being protected.” As a nurse, the reality of what she had done hit her hard, and she began “spiraling” as she remembered how mifepristone works by blocking progesterone, a hormone needed to sustain the pregnancy.
“I realized that if my baby was still alive, taking the second pill, the misoprostol, would cause me to push out my living baby, who would experience its last breaths and heartbeat outside of the womb in the toilet,” Williams stated. “I couldn’t do it. I immediately began searching for help, praying there was a way to undo what I had done,” she continued.
A Google search directed her to First Choice Pregnancy Services, where she confirmed that her baby was still alive through a free ultrasound. It was through the pregnancy center that Williams underwent the abortion pill reversal treatment, which she credits with saving her baby’s life.