An April 12 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of a woman eating a pill.
"The abortion pill has caused at least 28 maternal deaths and over 4,200 adverse events, including hemorrhaging and infections," reads the post, which was shared by the group Wisconsin Family Action.
Similar posts have generated hundreds of interactions on Instagram.
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The report in question does not say mifepristone directly caused 28 deaths, and many of those deaths came in circumstances that made such a cause-and-effect connection impossible, such as homicides and drug overdoses. The 4,200 adverse events also can’t be causally linked to mifepristone, since much of the data was based on medically unconfirmed reports that can be made by anyone.
Julaine Appling, president of the nonprofit Wisconsin Family Action, referred USA TODAY to the FDA’s page on mifepristone – a drug that blocks a hormone needed for pregnancy – as evidence for the claim that the abortion pill caused 28 maternal deaths.
The FDA website says that as of June 30, 2022, there have been “28 reports of deaths in patients associated with mifepristone since the product was approved in September 2000,” and that includes severe cases of sepsis and two cases of...
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