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markomalley
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From The Australian:
COMPLICATIONS from the abortion pill are higher than for standard surgical terminations, according to the first big published study comparing the two methods in Australia. The “audit” of nearly 7000 abortions performed in South Australia in 2009 and last year found that 3.3 per cent of women who used mifepristone in the first trimester of pregnancy - when most elective terminations occur - later turned up at hospital emergency departments, against 2.2 per cent who had undergone surgery.
And the rate of hospital admission jumped to 5.7 per cent for recipients of early “medical” abortions - using drugs - compared with 0.4 per cent for surgical patients re-admitted for post-operative treatment.
But will they ban mifepristone because it’s dangerous? (deadly for the baby, of course)
COMPLICATIONS from the abortion pill are higher than for standard surgical terminations, according to the first big published study comparing the two methods in Australia. The “audit” of nearly 7000 abortions performed in South Australia in 2009 and last year found that 3.3 per cent of women who used mifepristone in the first trimester of pregnancy - when most elective terminations occur - later turned up at hospital emergency departments, against 2.2 per cent who had undergone surgery.
And the rate of hospital admission jumped to 5.7 per cent for recipients of early “medical” abortions - using drugs - compared with 0.4 per cent for surgical patients re-admitted for post-operative treatment.
But will they ban mifepristone because it’s dangerous? (deadly for the baby, of course)