Abortion pills 22 times more dangerous than billed on warning label, study finds

A largest-of-its-kind study found that more than 10% of women who terminate their pregnancies with abortion pills experience serious health problems, even though the drug’s warning label puts the figure at less than 0.5%. The analysis of insurance data from 865,727 prescriptions of mifepristone from 2017 to 2023 showed that within 45 days, 10.93% of women were treated for conditions including sepsis, hemorrhaging and infection, while 2.84% ended up undergoing a surgical abortion. “The real-world rate of serious adverse events following mifepristone abortions is at least 22 times as high...