Women Die From RU 486 In France Already

Source: Rock For Life

Date: October 23, 2000

Teens girls are the latest victim of Clinton legacy of lies "Move over Monica Lewinsky," said Why Life? director Cathy Brown. "Bill Clinton is using the FDA to mislead teenage girls and ruin lives." In an interview with Elle magazine this week, Brown said the FDA has failed to report the RU-486 abortion pill's health risks for adolescents. In addition, there are virtually no restrictions on RU-486. Teens are particularly at risk, Brown said, since Danco Laboratories (the company that makes the abortion pill) and Planned Parenthood are giving teens misinformation about RU-486. Brown pointed out that Danco's website omits the word "abortion" entirely. Instead, Danco calls RU-486 the "early option pill." "To the average teen who browses Danco's website," Brown said, "RU-486 looks like a pill that simply ends an unplanned pregnancy -- not one that takes a human life." According to Danco's web site, heavy bleeding and the possible passage of tissue and blood clots are "normal" side effects of the pill. "But Danco omits the fact that the mother may be witnessing the passage of arms, legs, hands, feet and pieces of the spinal column," Brown stated. "If this isn't emotionally devastating, I don't know what is." In addition, Brown pointed out, Planned Parenthood's website states that "no deaths have ever taken place as a result of the use of" RU-486. Brown corrected the record by saying that it is common knowledge that women in Europe have, in fact, died after taking the abortion pill. Planned Parenthood's Teenwire website informs young girls where they can purchase the pill and other contraceptives. "Those who are pushing RU-486 on America's teens are particularly reckless," Brown said. "At stake here is the physical and psychological devastation of millions of young women, and the deaths of millions of preborn human beings."

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