A new study shows that a significant number of women have been hurt by the abortion pill. (Getty)
Research by the Ethics & Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., has revealed that the rate of serious side effects is 22 times higher than what is indicated on the FDA-approved drug label.
After going through an abortion assisted by mifepristone, nearly 11% of women — more than one in 10 — reported experiencing "infection, hemorrhaging, or another serious or life-threatening adverse event," according to the study summary.
"These reports, which analyzed the largest known data set of real-world mifepristone use, confirm what physicians like me and our members are seeing in our clinical practice: that abortion drugs pose significant dangers to women," Dr. Christina Francis, a board-certified OB/GYN, told Fox News Digital.
"I have had patients face life-threatening hemorrhage, infection, and more after taking these drugs, which are now available to order online without an in-person physician visit to confirm the age of the pregnancy and rule out risk factors. The fact that these data show a serious complication rate that is 22 times higher than what the FDA states reveals the urgent need for further investigation into complications of drug-induced abortions and for policymakers and agencies to reprioritize women's safety over the interests of the abortion industry. Women and their children deserve better care than these dangerous drugs."
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Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, is a medication typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion during pregnancy and manage early miscarriage. (Getty Images)
"A drug that puts one in ten women in the hospital is certainly not a drug that is quote unquote good for women or caring for women and I think we need to be realistic about that," Daniel said.
Daniel also explained that the true harm from the pill is likely even worse than the study only includes certain years and only women who used insurance.
"So there are tons of women, including those who are the most vulnerable, who are left out of this data," Daniel pointed out.
"There is a lot more to look out here," Daniel continued. "We see this as the starting point of what the FDA, the CDC, our public health institutions, and our physicians need to be looking at. And we need to have an honest conversation about the fact that 20 years of data shows that these drugs are deadly for children, but they're also very dangerous for in girls."
Fox News Digital’s Melissa Rudy contributed to this report
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