Deaths After Abortion Pill to Be Studied by Officials

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 - Federal drug regulators have
discovered that all four women in this country who died after taking an abortion
pill suffered from a rare and highly lethal bacterial infection, a finding that
is leading to new scrutiny of the drug's safety.

Information about the Clostridium sordellii infections
has emerged slowly because the drug agency largely relies on voluntary reports
by doctors, patients and others to identify drug problems and side effects.

Ms. Patterson died seven days after taking
Mifeprex. She lived in Livermore, Calif.
On Dec. 29, 2003, Vivian Tran, 22,
of Costa Mesa, Calif., died six days after taking Mifeprex.
On Jan. 14,
2004, Chanelle Bryant, 22, of Pasadena, Calif., died six days after taking
Mifeprex. And on May 24, 2005, Oriane Shevin, 34, of Los Angeles died five days
after taking Mifeprex.

(some very sad facts)

In each case, Clostridium sordellii infected the women's
uteruses, flourished and then entered their bloodstreams. The bacterium can
cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and weakness but may not induce fever, so
victims often fail to realize how sick they are until it is too late and succumb
to toxic shock. Antibiotics are often ineffective once an infection has
flourished because even in death, the bacteria release toxins.

(sounds pretty horrible to me)

Wendy Wright, executive vice president of Concerned
Women for America, a conservative group, said that the latest news about deaths
involving Mifeprex proved that the drug was unsafe. Ms. Wright also speculated
that more women were dying after using the drug but that their deaths were going
unreported.

(I have no doubt that many negative side effects go unreported)

"I'm pleased that the F.D.A. is taking a serious look at
this," she said, "and hope that they will no longer allow this drug to be
available to cause the deaths of more women."

[Wendy Wright]
(and the death of all those babies!)

What else is it going to take to show society that these are not good things? Instead of one person dying, it's two. These pills should never be dispensed in the first place.
My prayers go out to these families, as well as the doctors prescribing the pills. May God open their hearts and lead them to better decisions.