2 more U.S. women die after taking abortion pill
Sabin Russell
SF Chronicle
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Two more American women have died after taking the abortion pill popularly known as RU-486, bringing to seven the number of fatalities attributed to the controversial drug since it was approved by federal regulators five years ago.
The deaths were announced Friday by the Food and Drug Administration, which did not say when the women died or where the incidents took place. Four of the previously known deaths occurred in California and were ultimately attributed to infection by Clostridium sordellii, rare bacteria that can cause septic shock.
The cause of death in the latest cases, which involved patients at unidentified Planned Parenthood clinics outside California, has not been disclosed. In the wake of the new fatalities, Planned Parenthood announced that it was abandoning a technique used to administer the pills that is different from the method commonly used in Europe and strongly recommended by the FDA.
Mar 18, 2006
Sabin Russell
SF Chronicle
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Two more American women have died after taking the abortion pill popularly known as RU-486, bringing to seven the number of fatalities attributed to the controversial drug since it was approved by federal regulators five years ago.
The deaths were announced Friday by the Food and Drug Administration, which did not say when the women died or where the incidents took place. Four of the previously known deaths occurred in California and were ultimately attributed to infection by Clostridium sordellii, rare bacteria that can cause septic shock.
The cause of death in the latest cases, which involved patients at unidentified Planned Parenthood clinics outside California, has not been disclosed. In the wake of the new fatalities, Planned Parenthood announced that it was abandoning a technique used to administer the pills that is different from the method commonly used in Europe and strongly recommended by the FDA.
Mar 18, 2006
