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Abortion pill deaths puzzle health officials (in California)
AP/Fort Worth Star Telegram ^
| July 25 05
| AP/Fort Worth Star Telegram
Posted on 07/25/2005 12:50:36 PM PDT by churchillbuff
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To: churchillbuff
Why have four California women died from a bloodstream infection after using a controversial abortion pill?Because there is a God?
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posted on
07/25/2005 12:52:48 PM PDT
by
Onelifetogive
(* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
To: churchillbuff
"Two people ingested the same poison and only the weaker one was supposed to die, but both of them did instead. it really is very confusing."
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posted on
07/25/2005 12:53:36 PM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave troops and their Commander in Chief)
To: churchillbuff
More than 460,000 women in the United States have used Mifeprex since it was invented in France in the 1980s. Looks like the proper death toll would be 460,004.
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posted on
07/25/2005 12:57:19 PM PDT
by
IamConservative
(The true character of a man is revealed in what he does when no one is looking.)
To: churchillbuff
What is their slogan - "safe, legal, and rare"?
Well, two out of three is not bad. [sarcasm]Looks like the Pharmaceutical mafia experts overlooked a few things in their trials.
SOMEONE ALWAYS DIES IN AN ABORTION.
To: wideawake
Abortion pill deaths puzzle health officials Oh, the irony...
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posted on
07/25/2005 12:57:33 PM PDT
by
TheBigB
(PIU CAMPANACCIO!)
To: churchillbuff
"On the surface, this appears unusual," said Dr. Marc Fischer, a medical epidemiologist at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. "That's why we're investigating." LIBs:"Since this drug never could have been the cause of the deaths, as it would go against our cause, I would ask the FBI look at right-wing fanatical anti-choice groups for conspiracy possibilities..."
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posted on
07/25/2005 12:59:29 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
To: churchillbuff
Basically the drug is working too well. It's killing 2 for 1.
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posted on
07/25/2005 12:59:55 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
To: churchillbuff
The FDA said there is no proof that Mifeprex caused the deaths.FDA "Except for the fact that several people have taken the pill and died. Nothing to see here. This is the price of doing business."
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posted on
07/25/2005 1:01:53 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
To: TheBigB; Petronski; fortunecookie
The very concept should make a person wonder. How do you know you're not taking it late? How do you know everything has been evacuated properly? Doesn't the idea of ingesting massive amounts of hormones strike a person as a bad thing? Sheesh.
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posted on
07/25/2005 1:02:14 PM PDT
by
cyborg
(That's Mrs.Petronski to you thank you very much.)
To: churchillbuff
Two of the deaths -- one this year and one last year -- were reported last week by the Food and Drug Administration. The other two deaths occurred in 2003. All were caused by sepsis, a bloodstream infection, health officials say....snip...
The FDA said there is no proof that Mifeprex caused the deaths. The agency is ordering that the drug's label be updated, however, to alert women and doctors in more detail to the infections. It already contains a "black-box" warning highlighting the risk of bacterial infection, sepsis and death. Reports of fatal sepsis among the pill's users are rare, occurring one in 100,000 cases.
After reading this I understand why the FDA is stating that the abortion pill could not have definitely caused the deaths... -sarcasm
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posted on
07/25/2005 1:04:30 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
To: churchillbuff
If any other kind of pill had caused one death, let alone four, the Left would be screaming for its removal from the shelves. Yet here, the Left just shrugs.
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posted on
07/25/2005 1:06:08 PM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Liberalism cannot survive in a free and open society.)
To: churchillbuff
THe article says the reports of fatal sepsis are rare, occuring in 1 out of every 100,000 uses.
It says that 460,000 women have used it in the U.S. (total) since it was created in the 1980s
It says that 4 CALIFORNIA users have died of fatal sepsis in the last 3 years.
SO, either nobody in the rest of the country died, or ALL the pill users are from california, or they have to update their "deaths per 100,000" value.
I think the "shocking" thing the doctors have found is that someone reported deaths due to abortion. Most doctors will not report any statistics which could make abortion look bad.
To: churchillbuff
Hmmm...maybe a pill designed to snuff out a life might be a signal it's dangerous?
To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
"safe, legal, and rare"? // two out of three is not bad.
Which two do you give them credit for? I have them batting .333.
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posted on
07/25/2005 1:14:17 PM PDT
by
Gil4
(Home is where the Air Force sends me!)
To: churchillbuff
If this was any other drug the manufacturer would already be buried under lawsuits and bad publicity to the point where they would be technically defunct.
Seeing as this pill is a baby killer I would expect the msm and the tort lawyers to show extreme deference and sensitivity regarding this issue.
Celestial justice, in my opine.
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posted on
07/25/2005 1:15:05 PM PDT
by
mmercier
(a long acquaintance with sorrow)
To: churchillbuff
It was well known that this stuff was dangerous. Taking pills that mess with a woman's reproductive cycle is really dicing with death or serious damage to her health.
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posted on
07/25/2005 1:15:17 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Gil4
Do you get the feeling that somewhere they are going to blame some right wing group on all these deaths?
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posted on
07/25/2005 1:17:17 PM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(thotline.com)
To: Loud Mime
Merck has something like 500 lawsuits and less deaths caused by it's drug which actually helped alot of people. Ahhhh PC strikes again.
To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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