RU-486 Abortions Up

Even though the overall number of abortions are down, this particular trend isn’t good.

According to an article in today’s Washington Post, abortions by RU-486, the chemical alternative to surgical abortion, have risen 22 percent a year and are now responsible for 14 percent of the total abortions performed in the first nine weeks of pregnancy. For nearly eight years, FRC has documented the health risks surrounding the abortion drug–and the list continues to grow.

Still pro-choice groups are promoting the drug, even while concerns about the health of the mothers.

In spite of the outcry from both medical and conservative groups, all of which caution that the drug seriously endangers women’s health, more than 840,000 U.S. women have been persuaded to use RU-486 as part of a broader political agenda that is claiming women and children as its victims. There are at least 1,000 documented reports of side-effects from taking RU-486, ranging from infection and hemorrhaging to ectopic pregnancies and even death, yet more than half of abortion traders are now offering RU-486 as an option. [link]

Very scary stuff. Expectant mothers can’t trust the information they are getting from some organizations. They know who they are.