Abortion Pill not 'Safe' Despite Media Spin - Study Only Suggests Pill as Safe As Surgical Abortion

LifeSiteNews ^ | 8/16/07 | LifeSiteNews

[wagglebee]

WASHINGTON, August 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Misleading conclusions are being drawn in news stories based on a study that has indicated that the RU486 abortion drug is no more dangerous than surgical abortions. Misleading major media headlines include: Time magazine’s “Study Finds Abortion Pill Safe,” the Chicago Tribune’s “Study: Abortion Pill Doesn’t Increase Risks” and the New York Post’s “Abortion Pill Gets all Clear.”

"Reporters are drawing the erroneous conclusion that this study means RU486 is completely safe. That's not what the study says, and nothing could be further from the truth," said Operation Rescue Senior Policy Advisor Cheryl Sullenger. "Women are dying at an alarming rate from RU486 abortions and its widespread misuse in the abortion industry. That has not changed."

The study indicates that future pregnancies are equally affected by RU486 abortions and surgical abortions. However, it is a leap in logic to say that either are safe when the study simply shows that the risks to future pregnancies of both abortion methods are equal.

The study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes its abstract by underlining that the risks of medical abortion are considered in comparison with the risks of surgical abortion. It states, “We found no evidence that a previous medical abortion, as compared with a previous surgical abortion, increases the risk of spontaneous abortion, ectopic pregnancy, preterm birth, or low birth weight.” (See the abstract online here: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/357/7/648).

"Women who have had abortions have greater risks of miscarriage and infertility than women who have not had abortions. 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," said Sullenger.

RU486 is a drug approved for abortions in pregnancies under six weeks. Three office visits are usually required for this kind of abortion. Some reports indicate that RU486 has a 15% failure rate, meaning that many women who receive the drug must also have a surgical abortion to completely remove the pre- born baby and other pregnancy tissue.

"Women aborting with RU486 can pass their babies anywhere. This has created a lot of emotional trauma for women who do not expect to come face to face with a tiny baby complete with arms, legs and a recognizable face," said Sullenger.

"The reputation of RU486 has suffered recently because of the publicity generated by a number of abortion deaths related to the drug. The media distortion we are seeing is a simple case of public relations damage control," said Sullenger. "Hiding the possibility of RU486's life-threatening dangers from women really shows that there is more concern for selling abortions than for protecting and informing women. This misinformation campaign is really a horrific thing when you think about it that could needlessly cost women's lives."

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"Women aborting with RU486 can pass their babies anywhere. This has created a lot of emotional trauma for women who do not expect to come face to face with a tiny baby complete with arms, legs and a recognizable face," said Sullenger.

Although they are at least forced to face the truth about what they've done.

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[stm]

Not safe.....especially for the new baby

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[fieldmarshaldj]

Yeah, isn't that a hoot ? I always love how the liberals want to (in their words) keep abortion legal, rare, and safe. How can you call a procedure "safe" when it involves killing ?

[14themunny]

but it’s just as safe for the baby as surgical extraction.

[Coleus]

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[8mmMauser]

Pinged from Terri Dailies

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[restornu]

"Women aborting with RU486 can pass their babies anywhere. This has created a lot of emotional trauma for women who do not expect to come face to face with a tiny baby complete with arms, legs and a recognizable face," said Sullenger.

Although they are at least forced to face the truth about what they've done.

When is man going to learn you can not fool mother nature?

When one violates these natural laws there is a price to pay sooner or later!

[wagglebee]

Natural laws are made by God and anyone who thinks that there are no consequences for violating them need only look at gravity. The consequences for violating the law of gravity are the same whether you believe in it or not, and God’s other laws are exactly the same.

[restornu]

Who is the you?

[MortMan]

"The reputation of RU486 has suffered recently because of the publicity generated by a number of unintended abortion deaths related to the drug.

They should write what they mean.

[trisham]

Although they are at least forced to face the truth about what they've done.

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Yes, that's true. It seems that some in our society believe so strongly that women should have the right to abort their babies that even the harm they themselves may come to in the process is determinedly overlooked.

[wagglebee]

A generic you, I was referring to people who refuse to believe in God’s Commandments.