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"Serious side effects and multiple physical risks still very real..."In 2000,the FDA approved the abortion drug mifepristone,also known as RU-486. Since then, it has ended the lives of 500,000 U.S. preborn babies and millions more worldwide,Time.com reports.Now,a study appearing in the Aug. 16 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reports that the drug is safe for women in the long term.The study indicates that the risks posed to future pregnancies are the same for RU-486 abortions and surgical abortions, but the study didn't measure either group against women who have never had an abortion, according to Time."Women who have had abortions have greater risks of miscarriage and infertility than women who have not had abortions,"Operation Rescue Senior Policy Adviser Cheryl Sullenger said in a statement."It is no accident that the study refused to compare these two groups of women, because we know they would have found that abortion hurts women, and that is obviously a conclusion that they did not want to reach."
Carrie Gordon Earll, senior bioethics analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said both chemical and surgical abortions pose physical risks, including ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage and premature birth with future pregnancies."In the last few years, at least 10 women have died after submitting to a RU-486 chemical abortion, six of those in the United States," she said. "This study is no comfort to the families of Holly Patterson, Vivian Tran and Chanelle Bryant who, among others, died believing that they would survive an RU-486 abortion." Contrary to the marketing messaging of abortion advocates, Earll said, RU-486 does not trigger a quick and easy abortion."Common side effects are potentially serious and include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and vaginal bleeding. Five to eight percent of women require a follow-up surgical abortion because the chemical abortion fails."
FOR MORE INFORMATIONTo learn the truth about RU-486, visit the Focus on Social Issues Web site.
Carrie Gordon Earll, senior bioethics analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said both chemical and surgical abortions pose physical risks, including ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage and premature birth with future pregnancies."In the last few years, at least 10 women have died after submitting to a RU-486 chemical abortion, six of those in the United States," she said. "This study is no comfort to the families of Holly Patterson, Vivian Tran and Chanelle Bryant who, among others, died believing that they would survive an RU-486 abortion." Contrary to the marketing messaging of abortion advocates, Earll said, RU-486 does not trigger a quick and easy abortion."Common side effects are potentially serious and include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and vaginal bleeding. Five to eight percent of women require a follow-up surgical abortion because the chemical abortion fails."
FOR MORE INFORMATIONTo learn the truth about RU-486, visit the Focus on Social Issues Web site.
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