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2024-03-28 14:45:40 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The FDA did not attribute these deaths to mifepristone. The report showed 28 deaths out of 5.6 million women who have taken the drug over a 22-year period. Many of those deaths came in circumstances such as homicides and drug overdoses. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/05/22/post-distorts-fda-report-on-abortion-deaths-adverse-events-fact-check/70240939007/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/26/instagram-posts/an-anti-abortion-group-claimed-28-deaths-were-link/

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• The FDA did not attribute these deaths to mifepristone. The report showed 28 deaths out of 5.6 million women who have taken the drug over a 22-year period. Many of those deaths came in circumstances such as homicides and drug overdoses. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/05/22/post-distorts-fda-report-on-abortion-deaths-adverse-events-fact-check/70240939007/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/26/instagram-posts/an-anti-abortion-group-claimed-28-deaths-were-link/