Posted on 11/26/2004 3:01:05 PM PST by GOPologist
The death of a young person produces a terrible void. Who can be indifferent...
Apparently, the folks at Danco Laboratories can. Danco, the U.S. distributor of RU-486 (Mifeprex) seems quite willing to overlook another death--or three (in the U.S.) or seven (including Canada, the U.K. and Sweden--so long as it can keep selling the "abortion pill" that makes pregnancy disappear.
And if the pregnant mothers disappear, too, well, that's just "a rare complication."
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is acting no better. On Nov. 15, the FDA decided not to suspend distribution of RU-486, even after the seventh reported death in recent years associated with RU-486, even after 676 "adverse event" reports, including 17 ectopic pregnancies, 72 cases where blood transfusions were needed, and seven serious infections.
Instead, the FDA was content to beef up the warning labels and belatedly include emergency room directors in their mass mailing because lots of teens and young women who take RU-486 end in ERs.
Responsible medical associations and the pro-life community have warned the FDA for nearly a decade about the dangers inherent in the RU-486/misprostol combination. There are three main ways that RU-486 is potentially lethal to women: bleeding to death, infection, and ruptured ectopic pregnancy. Why? Because the pills always cause bleeding and pain, which can mask potentially fatal problems.
Below are some who experienced risks (Names purposely ommitted.):
--In June, 2003, a Swedish teen bled to death. She didn't go to the hospital because she was told to expect to bleed for two weeks.
--An 18-year old teen of Livermore, California, died in 2003 from an infection following an RU-486 abortion.
--A Canadian woman died in 2001 from infection--her death suspended the Canadian RU-486 drug trials, and
--a woman of Hamilton County, Tennessee, died in 2001 from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy after undergoing an RU-486 abortion.
If the FDA cannot be relied upon to protect young women from this dangerous and unnecessary drug, then Congress should step in and do so.
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(Susan Wills is associate director for education in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities.)__________________________________________________________________
The drug company is not the only one complicit in this matter. The FDA approved the drug, doctors prescribed it and women who did not want to be encumbered with an 'unplanned' pregnancy, eagerly took it. All are at fault!
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It was a matter of time. Wasn't it?
the FDA will get back to you when they're done extorting Merck over Vioxx. Or not.
Bad Kharma or what goes around comes around.
RU-486: Zyklon-B for the womb.
Funny how this outfit isn't interested in publishing the much longer list of deaths from pregnancy complications in women who decided to try to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term.
My guess is that the reason they don't talk about deaths from mothers who carry their pregnancy to term is because they are an anti-abortion group. That thought took all of 1/100000000th of my brainpower. APf
"Try to carry". Well, in most cases you really don't have to do anything but not abort the baby, no "trying" to it. "carry an unwanted pregnancy to term." In plain english, thats called letting the baby live.
As far as risks to the mothers health, I don't know the mortaility rate to the mother from RU-486 induced abortions compared to mortality rates due to full term births. I do know that the mortality rates of the babies is in the high 90% range for most abortion methods. Put that in your bong and smoke it for a while.
It's kinda funny how pro-choice advocates state that we must keep abortion safe and legal so that women are not forced into back alleys, etc, blah blah blah, yet this pill is not exactly safe though it is currently legal......
Holly Patterson on the Free Republic
Teen Death Steers RU-486 Bill to Congress Safety warnings added to abortion pill
Keyword Holly Patterson Caught on Tape -- Planned Parenthood & NAF Conceal Child Abuse
Taglinus FreeRepublicus - 25th Anniversary Edition Partial Birth Abortion Ban Court Transcripts Bush's Pro-Life Record as of May 18, 2004, by Fr. Peter West
Keyword: Holly Patterson
''Holly’s Law'' Introduced in Congress
Teen Death Steers RU-486 Bill to Congress
Bishops´ Official Reacts to Another US Woman's Death From RU-486
Last year U.S. Representative Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) introduced "Holly's Law" to suspend approval of RU-486 pending an investigation of its safety. Holly's Law has not been voted on, and the FDA has not suspended approval of the drug during its investigation
Once again I ask: If Bill Clinton could make RU-486 legal by executive order fiat, then why can't pro-life President George W. Bush use the same executive privilege to make it illegal?
"The RU-486 Suspension and Review Act," or H.R. 3453, also known as "Holly's Law," was named after 18-year-old Holly Patterson who bled to death on September 17 after taking RU-486, or mifepristone.
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We are hearing more about the psychological trauma of being your own abortionist too. It also probably has something to do with being all alone during the abortion. You might think pro-life people would say, "Do we want counseling to ease the pain of murder?" But actually many pro-life people are very concerned about this problem. Gee, maybe they really do care about the women.
Sounds like Vioxx is much safer.
"Funny how this outfit isn't interested in publishing the much longer list of deaths from pregnancy complications in women who decided to try to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term."
That is just a ridiculous statement. There would be NO difference in pregnancy complications from wanted/unwanted pregnancies.
If you are trying to bring in "life/health of the mother" issues here you need to sharpen your science. Most of those women wouldn't be taking RU486 in any event, I'm sure it is only indicated for healthy people. I doubt even the pro-aborts at the FDA approve of instigating a medical crises (miscarriage) in the already unhealthy.
Because it doesn't advance their agenda. The fact is every drug out there has adverse effects on a percentage of people who take it. If this were the litmus test, we'd have no drugs on the market. This is just more anti-abortion stuff that won't work.
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