Friday, March 17, 2006

Calling It

I'm saying this now. You will hear this headline trumpeted from the highest hills by those without sin:

2 Women Die After Taking Abortion Pill


Oh my God! This pill is dangerous! Women should not have access to this! It's clearly unsafe and should be pulled from the market immediately! It's a detriment, not an aid!

But wait! More than two women have died from this pill!
At least seven U.S. women have died after taking the pill, sold since 2000.

But read the actual article. Some choice tidbits:
In a cluster of four cases in California, the women died from an infection of the bloodstream, or sepsis. Those women did not follow FDA-approved instructions for the pill-triggered abortion, which requires swallowing three tablets of one drug, followed by two of another two days later.
Instead of swallowing the final two tablets, the second course of pills was inserted vaginally in the four women, a so-called "off-label" use of the drug that studies show works and is widely recommended by abortion clinics but does not have federal approval.

Dude. You do not put an oral drug in your cooter. It's called oral sex because someone else's mouth is down there. It is not a second mouth. Dumbasses. If the FDA says to keep it out of there, keep it out. Ew.

And, my favorite bit:
The FDA previously has said the abortion pill remains safe enough to stay on the market. The rate of sepsis is about 1 in 100,000 uses, comparable to infection risks with surgical abortions and childbirth.

A-hem. Note that. Surgical abortions (boo! horrible!) and childbirth (hooray unwanted baby!) have the same risk as this deadly pill. But that won't make it into the conservative pages. Only the scary headline will be used as an excuse to make abortions even harder for women to get.

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