Washington D.C., Jul 21, 2005 / 22:00 pm
The 17,000-member Christian Medical Association is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to pull an abortion drug for safety review after yet another two women died using the drug.
Mifeprex, or RU-486, has been linked to the deaths of at least five women since it was approved for use in 2000.
The Christian Medical Association’s appeal was issued July 20, one day after the FDA issued a public health advisory, alerting all doctors to be on the lookout for infections in women using the drug. Women may not have typical symptoms, such as a fever.
Eight months ago, the FDA warned about two sepsis cases associated with Mifeprex. Additional sepsis cases were reported to the agency in April and June.