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Cattledog

(5,920 posts) Wed Mar 15, 2023, 07:04 PM Mar 2023

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5 million women have taken the abortion pill in the past 20+ years.

28 have died.

Can someone do the math on safety %

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5 million women have taken the abortion pill in the past 20+ years. (Original Post) Cattledog Mar 2023 OP

I didn't do the math, but that seems like a pretty good sample size for trials, wherein RKP5637 Mar 2023 #1

28 is 0.00056% of 5000000 chowder66 Mar 2023 #2

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

1. I didn't do the math, but that seems like a pretty good sample size for trials, wherein

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Wed Mar 15, 2023, 07:06 PM

Mar 2023

some are trying to say FDA approval was lax.

chowder66

(9,097 posts)

2. 28 is 0.00056% of 5000000

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Wed Mar 15, 2023, 07:21 PM

Mar 2023

Here's more about those deaths.
https://www.ansirh.org/sites/default/files/publications/files/mifepristone_safety_4-23-2019.pdf

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