Abortion Pill
Health Risks

Do you know enough about medical (chemical) abortion to have one?

Medical (chemical) abortion has roughly (4) four times the rate of adverse events than surgical abortion.

In the Mifegymiso (abortion pill) product Monograph, the sponsors Linepharma, offer the results of three studies for a total of only1,585 women to conclude that the Mifegymiso abortion procedure has a high success rate. However, a study conducted in Finland using the government-based medical system which tracks medical outcomes, using a total of 42,619 women with roughly half undergoing surgical abortion and half medical (chemical) abortion between 2000-2006, found the following. Medical (chemical) abortion had roughly (4) four times the rate of adverse events than surgical abortion. Additionally,

  • 20 out of every 100 women had a significant adverse event
  • 16 of every 100 women hemorrhaged excessively
  • 7 out of every 100 women had embryonic or fetal and other tissue left inside
  • 6 out of every 100 women needed surgical re-evacuation of the uterus