Women who use abortion drug feel more pain, emotional distress: study

by Kathleen Gilbert
Tue Sep 27, 2011

 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The abortion drug mifepristone (more commonly known as RU-486) was supposed to herald an age of “safer” abortions in the privacy of women’s own homes. But a new study out of England finds women who had the drug-induced abortions preferred the surgical abortion procedure.

They complained of more medical problems and more mental health issues following the use of the abortion drug and the passing of the body of the dead baby than woman who underwent surgical abortions.

More than half the women who took the abortion drug (53 percent) told researchers their experience was worse than expected. the rest

The report also showed 57 percent of places that do abortions now have the abortion drug, compared with just 33 percent in 2001.