Dr Dermot Kearney

Women facing an unplanned pregnancy are often funnelled towards abortion by abortion providers only to be left stranded with no other options after regretting taking the first pill. Doctors like Dr Kearney who are willing to provide abortion pill reversal treatment are performing an essential but rare lifesaving alternative for these women.
These children’s lives are worth fighting to save. By offering abortion pill reversal treatments, doctors like Dr Kearney have been able to save dozens of babies who would otherwise have died after their mothers took the first abortion pill.
Those in favour of abortion are sometimes called ‘pro-choice’, yet they so often only support the ‘choice’ to kill the child. If abortion is the only option, there is no real ‘choice’ for vulnerable women who need support especially when facing the grief and urgent regret after taking the first step in an abortion procedure.

2020:

March: After the government allows pills-by-post abortions under emergency Covid measures, which Christian Concern immediately begins to challenge through the courts. Dr Kearney, alongside one other doctor, sets up the UK’s only abortion pill reversal scheme after witnessing many vulnerable women regretting taking the first abortion pill. They provide abortion pill reversal treatment (APR) which involves administering the natural hormone progesterone to a pregnant woman who wishes to urgently reverse the effects of the first abortion pill, mifepristone.
29 July: Christian Concern’s case challenging DIY abortion is heard by the Court of Appeal. It refuses to allow evidence from Christian Concern’s mystery client investigation and Dr Gardner. It eventually rules against Christian Concern, coming to conclusions that Christian Concern says would have been unsustainable had the evidence been allowed.
Summer: One of Dermot’s patients, Laura, falls pregnant and decides to abort her baby. But after taking the first pill she regrets her decision and seeks help from Dr Kearney, who is able to save her baby’s life.

2021:

12 May: The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service prohibits Dr Kearney from providing emergency APR in an order that would last up to 18 months.
4 June: Dr Kearney’s case prompts multiple women to speak out and share how he tried to help them save their babies’ lives.
- Laura says: “I did not realise how much I would regret taking the pill until I had done it, and it was a horrifying moment I will never forget. It would have broken me mentally and I would never have forgiven myself… It is because of [Dr Kearney’s] help that I can look back on the moment I took that pill without having to live with pain and regret for the decision I took, as I now have my beautiful baby boy.”
- Rachel says: “If it wasn’t for Dr Kearney, our child would not be alive… We have not once regretted the decision to reverse the termination and we are grateful to Dr Kearney for being there for us.”
- After Emma took the first abortion pill, she instantly knew that she had made a “terrible mistake”. She says: “Without his efforts, we would have been left without information, option or support. Our words will never be able to convey the benefits his charitable medical services provided us.”
5 July: A woman who experienced a crisis pregnancy speaks out, exposing how she was coerced by Jonathan Lord (Medical Director at MSI Reproductive Choices) to create allegations against Dr Kearney after he tried to help save her baby’s life.

2022:

7 March: Just before a High Court hearing where the ban would come under scrutiny, the General Medical Council (GMC) dramatically lifts the restrictions on Dr Kearney, dismissing all allegations and concluding there was no case to answer. This ends the ban that prevented him from providing emergency support to women in crisis pregnancies.
15 March: Dr Kearney writes an article for the Christian Concern website debunking claims that APR is unsafe.
22 March: Amrita Kaur shares her story with GB News, becoming the first UK woman to reveal how she received abortion reversal treatment from Dr Kearney and subsequently gave birth to a healthy baby.

2023:

16 January: A group of doctors calls for an investigation into the actions of MSI abortion director Dr Jonathan Lord after his ongoing and persistent campaign against Dr Kearney. The doctors say that Dr Lord “may have deliberately provided misleading and incorrect information to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)”. It adds that he should be investigated for misconduct over his treatment of ‘Kate’, who says that she was harassed and ‘scared’ by Dr Lord, who wanted her to provide a false witness statement against the support Dr Kearney had given her.

2024:

31 July: A baby boy is born after his mother sought an abortion pill reversal treatment after regretting taking an abortion pill at 7 weeks gestation. Dr Kearney remarks that at least 62 babies have now been born following APR in the UK, with the number only increasing.

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