(Abortion Pill) RU-486 Ruled Out in One of Two Recent Deaths

Health officials said Monday they have ruled out the abortion pill RU-486 in one of two deaths in women who had taken the drug. The second remains under investigation.

More:
http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=4751262

:shrug:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=689690&mesg_id=691821

But it's been archived. Some folks here should maybe rethink their positions.

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/04/10/abortion.pill.ap/index.html

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Health officials said Monday they have ruled out the abortion pill RU-486 in one of two deaths in women who had taken the drug. The second remains under investigation.

The one death was unrelated to either abortion or use of the pill, the Food and Drug Administration said. The second woman showed symptoms of infection. Four other women have died of a rare but deadly infection after undergoing pill-triggered abortions.

In those four deaths, all involving Californians, the women tested positive for Clostridium sordellii, a common but rarely fatal bacterium.

The recent deaths sparked had renewed calls to ban the abortion pill.

Republican Sens. Jim DeMint of South Carolina and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, urged passage of legislation that would suspend sales of RU-486 after the latest deaths were made public in March. The two legislators want the Government Accountability Office to review how the FDA approved the pill.

'Course... the shelves at CVS/Walgreens/whatnot would be a tad bit bare, wouldn't they?

every OTC cold medication, allergy medication, cough medicine, sleep aids, herbal remedies, etc.