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STUDY FINDS RU-486 CAN CAUSE SEPTIC SHOCK
Dr. Ralph P. Miech of Brown University in the United States has claimed that mifepristone, one of the ingredients of abortion drug RU-486, can produce fatal septic shock in a woman in the course of ending her pregnancy. The study was produced in the September issue of "The Annals of Pharmacotherapy" (1). The Department of Health has recently made strong indications that it may allow RU-486 to be used at home (2).
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here for our press contact details Patrick Leahy, Director of Student LifeNet commented: 'This study should sound the alarm bells in the Department of Health which has made strong indications that it is on the verge of allowing backstreet abortions in the home via the use of RU-486. 'This concerning study comes at a time when the American Food and Drug Administration has issued a public health warning regarding RU-486 following the report from its producer that five women in America and Canada had died since 2000 due to serious bacterial infection. In at least three of the cases, the bacteria Clostridium sordellii caused the septic shock. 'In the UK between 1990-1999 there were two reports of fatal suspected reactions in association with the use of RU-486 reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the Committee on Safety of Medicines. 'Whilst American authorities are rightly questioning the continued use of RU-486 the British government is going in the opposite direction. For the government to make abortion even easier to access, when recent statistics show an increase of 10,000 abortions in just two years, would be utterly absurd'. ENDS For further information contact Patrick Leahy - 0778 914 0101 / director@studentlifenet.co.uk NOTES TO EDITORS: (1): http://www.theannals.com/cgi/reprint/aph.1G189v1.pdf (2): E.g.: "Section l(3A) of the Abortion Act 1967, as amended, gives the Secretary of State for Health the power to approve a "class of places" to perform medical abortion. That could enable such abortions to be available in a wider range of health care settings. Two early medical abortion pilots are in progress, the purpose of which is to enable us to help define a "class of places". What is uppermost in my mind, however, is that no "class of places" will be approved unless the Government are content that a woman's safety is not at risk". (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd /cm050719/halltext/50719h02.htm#50719h02_head0) |
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