Rare germ killed more than RU-486 users

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A rare germ that killed four California women who took the abortion pill RU-486 has been implicated in the deaths of even more women after childbirth or miscarriage, broadening the debate beyond abortion on the eve of a meeting to examine the bacterial mystery.
This especially caught my attention because of my recent miscarriage.

The risk posed by C. sordellii remains murky. In
studies and letters published in the New England Journal of Medicine in December
and April, researchers detail eight other women who died of C. sordellii
infection after giving birth, vaginally or by Caesarean section. Also counted
are two additional deaths following miscarriages and a final death linked to
infection during the woman's menstrual period.

However, pregnancy naturally suppresses the immune
system, too. Dilation of the cervix, whether because of abortion, childbirth or
miscarriage, also may let bacteria penetrate deeper into the body, Miech and
others have proposed.

I don't doubt that C. sordellii is a serious issue. I don't doubt that it has contributed to many deaths. However, I think the media is trying to sway that more into people's minds, so as to make the RU-486 pill look less threatening. RU-486 is a very bad drug which affects the body in a very negative way.