Posted on 07/25/2018 8:19:33 AM PDT by Morgana
At least 22 women have died after taking the abortion pill regimen, RU-486, and many others have experienced serious complications, according to updated data from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). While abortion and specifically, medication abortion is sold to women as safe, there can be serious and life threatening complications from the abortion pill, as noted by the pills manufacturer, Danco. Although Danco is required to report any death associated with Mifeprex, women experiencing complications, various factors such as not returning to the abortion provider or not reporting use of the drug to emergency personnel may cause these numbers to seem lower than they actually are.
The abortion lobby is pushing for easy access to the abortion pill on college campuses and some are even calling for it to be approved for home use. No doubt, we may never know how many women suffer serious complications or succumb to death from the abortion pill if this happens. Clearly, according to its manufacturer, there are serious risks:
The abortion inducing regimen is made up of two pills, Mifeprex (mifepristone) and misoprostol, which, according to the FDA, will end an early pregnancy (70 days or less since the first day of the last menstrual period). Of course, the pregnancy is a term for ending the life of a preborn child in the womb. But, sometimes these chemicals also claim the lives of their mothers. The abortion is explained by Dr. Anthony Levatino in the video below:
(VIDEO ON LINK)
Monte Patterson, the father of Holly Patterson, attempted to convey the dangers of the abortion pill before a House committee in 2006, when far fewer women had died. Holding a picture of his daughter, Monte described to that committee the tragic way Holly died after being given the drug at Planned Parenthood. Image: Monte Patterson holds up pic of daughter dead after taking RU486 at Planned Parenthood (Image credit: CSPAN)
Monte Patterson holds up pic of daughter dead after taking RU486 at Planned Parenthood (Image credit: CSPAN)
I wanted to show you a picture of my daughter so at least you see what I have lost Holly, who died at 18, and the other women who have died or have been seriously hurt by taking the RU-486 medical abortion drug regimen as a solution to their unplanned pregnancy, Mr. Patterson said.
He told the committee:
"Twelve days after Hollys 18th birthday, on September 10, 2003, she walked into a Planned Parenthood clinic to be administered an RU-486 medical abortion regimen. By the 4th day, she was admitted to the emergency room . She complained of bleeding, cramping, constipation, and pain, but subsequently, she was sent home. Seven days after taking RU-486, Holly returned to the same emergency room hospital complaining of weakness, vomiting, abdominal pain.
Hours later, I was called to the hospital, where I found her surrounded by doctors and nurses, barely conscious and struggling to breathe. Holly was so weak she could barely hold onto my hand . I watched Holly succumb to a massive bacterial infection as a result of a drug-induced abortion with RU-486 ."
In 2005, the journal Contraception published a letter from Dr. Philip Darney, who claimed the death rate from medication abortion among Planned Parenthood patients, at that time, was 1.5 per 100,000 compared to a US rate of .5 for early surgical abortion. Darney is no pro-lifer, and has served on the boards of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Guttmacher Institute, Planned Parenthoods former research arm. Image: Philip D Darney on abortion pill deaths Planned Parenthood and evidence based protocols (Image credit: Journal Contraception)
Philip D Darney on abortion pill deaths Planned Parenthood and evidence based protocols (Image credit: Journal Contraception)
In his letter, Darney pointed out that the US death rate using the abortion pill was higher than in Europe, possibly because, in the states, US Physicians do not follow the FDA approves instructions for using both drugs . Instead, they rely on evidence based protocols .
Currently, according to the FDA, as of December 31, 2017, there have been reports of 22 deaths associated with the abortion pill regimen and several cases of severe systemic infection (also called sepsis), including some that were fatal. Image: RU486 abortion pill deaths updated 2017
RU486 abortion pill deaths updated 2017
In addition to deaths, between 2000 and 2012, numerous serious complications were also reported:
* Cases with any adverse event 2740 (average 228/yr)
* Hospitalized, excluding deaths 768 (average 64/yr) * Experienced blood loss requiring transfusions 416 (average 35/yr)
* Infections 308 (average 26/yr)
Image: RU486 abortion pill serious adverse effects updated 2017
RU486 abortion pill serious adverse effects updated 2017
Within the past five years (between 2012 and 2017) complication reports from the abortion pill have remained steady:
Cases with any adverse event 1445 (average 289/yr) Hospitalized, excluding deaths 273 (average 55/yr) Experienced blood loss requiring transfusions 182 (average 36/yr) Infections 103 (average 21/yr)
In one state alone Ohio complications from the abortion pill have increased an astronomical 87 percent since 2014.
Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry present abortion as safe and simple, but one look at forms they require women to sign reveals the real truth. Missed abortion, blood clots, infection and even death are among the risks associated with medication abortion.
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WHY THE SHOCK?
From the very beginning when the Plan B pills hit the market there were big concerns (and warnings) about the side effects that could be felt by the patient. It was restricted to Prescription only sale BUT many physicians would not prescribe it because the liability for the side effects that might affect the patient.
So, again, WHY THE SHOCK?
How many babies have been killed by this particular form of poisoning their mothers?
My compassion just ran out on seeing this article.
Coat hanger in a pill.
The very existence of such a journal is a damning indictment of our "society".
A woman engaged in this evil is hardly deserving of the name “Mother.”
Too many key buts used in your post
This is precisely the forum to argue about when a life becomes a life
Using the word fetus aint gonna put you on the big photos section of the freeper yearbook here
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Well you know- Murdering babies and snuffing out life are after all ‘for the health of the woman’. Liberals scream all day long about how republicans are ‘endangering women’ by denying them abortions- why aren’t they screaming about the makers of RU endangering th3 health of women?
ALL FORMS OF CONTRACEPTION ARE EVIL
They are required not just to report any death, but any adverse event, including headaches, runny noses, and diagnosis of apparently unrelated diseases. Have they been fully reporting these events?
Any doctor that prescribes it is impervious to problems until he kills at least several hundred patients, women that complain will be told, what are you, an anti-feminist? Problems will be explained away. Abortionism - the perfect profession for serial killers - no one from the left will ever investigate it. All they kill are babies the left doesn't want. Tear the little arms and legs off, no one to care or notice, not even mom or dad.
And they will not escape judgement. They are going into a lost eternity in the act of trying to murder their children.
“safe, legal, and rare”
They forgot the babies killed by the pills. 22 is orders of magnitude low.
Actually it isn’t. I tried once and there’s no debating this. People are not willing to consider any deviation from their accepted belief.
Absolutely nothing is gained from debating that particular issue here. Nothing. People have their feet solidly encased in cement on this issue. The will not take a step forward, backward,or even sideways. Immovable object meet hard place.
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