More Than One in 20 Women Need Second Abortion After Termination Pill Fails

Tré Goins-Phillips : May 13, 2025
Faithwire

"Simply stated, mifepristone, as used in real-world conditions, is not 'safe and effective.'" -EPPC research authors, Ryan Anderson and Jamie Bryan Hall

[Faithwire.com] More than one in 20 women undergo secondary abortions after the abortion pills they initially ingest fail, according to just-published analysis. (Image credit: Robin Marty-Flickr-CC-BY-2-0.jpg)

The new study from the Ethics and Public Policy Center, which CBN News has previously reported on, found more than 5% of women had to pursue a repeat abortion within 45 days of taking mifepristone, the leading abortion-inducing pill. The data came from an analysis of insurance claims from 865,727 mifepristone abortions between 2017 and 2023.

A total of 45,498 women needed a second abortion after the pill failed to terminate their pregnancies. Of those women, 24,563 pursued a surgical abortion and close to 7,000 underwent a second round of medication and surgical terminations.

This new information comes on the heels of another study that found more than one in 10 women faced "serious adverse event[s]" after taking mifepristone in 2023. That analysis, commissioned by the Foundation for the Restoration of America, revealed about 11.2% of women suffered critical health complications, which could include hemorrhaging, the need for blood transfusions, emergency room visits, or sepsis... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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