Nebraska resident Haile McAnally says she nearly died after taking abortion medication shortly after high school, describing how she was found unconscious in her bathtub by a friend who called 911.

McAnally told Fox News Digital that she had “hemorrhaged in the bath” following the procedure and subsequently required a blood transfusion after being rushed to hospital.

She described the experience as a turning point, crediting what she calls “divine intervention” with saving her life and pushing her to speak publicly about the dangers she believes are being ignored.

“Planned Parenthood told us that this is what is women empowerment. This is what women do when they can’t handle it. They take this route, and they don’t acknowledge the pain it causes,” McAnally said.

McAnally said she was given one pill at the clinic and instructed to take a second at home, with medical staff telling her to expect something that would feel like “a more intense period,” and recommending a heating pad and tea.

After taking the second pill, she said bleeding continued for more than two hours, leaving her so weak she dragged herself into the bathtub before losing consciousness.

“I just laid there and thought that was the moment that everything was over, and, partially, I felt like it was punishment for me making that decision,” she said.

Her friend returned home and found her unconscious, called 911, and McAnally was hospitalized and given a blood transfusion, an experience she said has since defined her activism.

McAnally, who previously identified as a pro-choice registered Democrat, said her questions about what happened were dismissed by those on the left, while conservatives were more willing to engage with her story.

“I noticed the more I asked questions, the people on the right were more willing to talk about it, which, in the pro-life space, I thought I was gonna be condemned,” she said.

She and several other women allied with anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America are visiting Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers and push for restrictions on mail-order abortion pills.

“Women who’ve suffered the devastating effects of abortion drugs who are clear-eyed about the lies of the Big Abortion industry are the most effective advocates,” said SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser.

The push comes as competing studies paint sharply different pictures of the risks involved, with a study in JAMA Internal Medicine finding that 0.6% of women who receive mail-order abortion pills experience medical emergencies requiring hospitalization.

A conflicting study by the Ethics and Public Policy Center found that one in 10 women experience a “serious adverse event,” a stark contrast that reflects the broader political dispute over mifepristone access.

The debate continues to intensify in the years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, with abortion pill access increasingly becoming the central battleground for both sides of the issue.

McAnally said her goal is not to condemn women who make the same choice she did, but to ensure they have honest information about the risks before they do.

“The same pills I took under direction of medical professionals, they can be shipped anywhere at any time,” she said, warning of the particular dangers for young women ordering the pills online without full knowledge of their medical history.