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During a CNN panel <\/span>discussion<\/span><\/a> about the abortion pill and the <\/span>recent<\/span><\/a> litigation<\/span><\/a> concerning it, anchor Abby Phillip cut off conservative commentator Alice Stewart when the latter suggested that there are legitimate safety concerns related to the use of mifepristone, the abortion pill.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stewart commented that pro-life advocates do not feel that the testing done by the FDA on the abortion pill was \u201cfull and complete and done in the typical way the FDA does this.\u201d\u00a0Stewart said<\/a>, <\/span>\u201c[Pro-lifers] are concerned with the safety of women.\u00a0<\/span>Oftentimes the injuries to the mother are not reported because they are not required to go to seek a doctor\u2019s care or go to the emergency room. So a lot of the injuries to the mothers are unreported for that very reason.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Phillip then cut Stewart off, saying, \u201cSo Alice, I mean, I have to stop you there because, I mean, we do have the data on this. It is a very safe drug.\u201d Phillip then asserted that the abortion pill is safer than penicillin or Viagra.<\/span><\/p>\n

The greatest and most important contrast between the two drugs is that, while penicillin has been <\/span>estimated<\/span><\/a> to have saved<\/em> between 80 million and 200 million lives, the abortion pill has <\/span>ended<\/span><\/a><\/em> 5.6 million lives in the U.S. alone<\/em>. Penicillin is actual medicine designed to cure disease, whereas the abortion pill\u2019s sole purpose is to kill. <\/span>With that in mind, any side-by-side comparison of the two becomes patently absurd. No drug that is designed to kill can possibly be deemed \u201csafe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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In addition, Live Action News has previously <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a> on the common, fallacious, pro-abortion claim that mifepristone is safer than Viagra. But what about penicillin (aside from the abortion pill’s purpose to kill)?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Penicillin use is <\/span>associated<\/span><\/a> with some mild side effects such as nausea and diarrhea. Serious side effects generally only occur in people who have a rare allergy to penicillin, and simple skin sensitivity <\/span>testing<\/span><\/a> can determine whether one has such an allergy prior to administration of the drug. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology and Research <\/span>estimated<\/span><\/a> that only about 0.01% of patients who receive penicillin will experience a true anaphylactic allergic reaction. And a Canadian <\/span>study<\/span><\/a> of mass antibiotic prophylaxis with penicillin showed that, out of 2,707 individuals receiving the drug, only 5 experienced what could be classified as a serious adverse event. That\u2019s a serious adverse event rate of 0.18%.<\/span><\/p>\n

The abortion pill, on the other hand, has been shown by even pro-abortion <\/span>sources<\/span><\/a> to send <\/span>6%<\/span><\/a> of the women who take it to the emergency room or urgent care for complications. This is an adverse event rate that is 33 times higher than that of penicillin.<\/span><\/p>\n

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During a CNN panel discussion about the abortion pill and the recent litigation concerning it, anchor Abby Phillip cut off conservative commentator Alice Stewart when the latter suggested that there are legitimate safety concerns related to the use of mifepristone, the abortion pill.\u00a0 Stewart commented that pro-life advocates do not feel that the testing done […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":788,"featured_media":289304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[15,20722,3473,9459],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nFACT CHECK: Is the abortion pill 'safer than penicillin'?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Aside from the fact that the abortion pill is designed to kill and penicillin is designed to save life, abortion pills have a 33x higher adverse event rate.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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