One more addition to the abortion debate

RU-486 or mifepristone (brand name: Mifeprex; manufacturer, Danco Laboratories) has been in the marketplace and in emergency departments as a prescription drug for some time. Popularly called the "abortion pill", it induces a miscarriage within two weeks. The US FDA released this public health advisory, reporting six deaths related to Mifeprex. The drug has been used in more than 560,000 abortions in the U.S., so the reported risk of death is more than one in 100,000. The reported risk of death associated with surgical abortion is one in a million. So, the case can be made that medically-induced abortions may be more dangerous.