On September 19, 2003, the San Francisco Chronicle posted an
article by Julian Guthrie titled: "Pregnant Teen's Death Under
Investigation East Bay Woman Had Taken RU-486." Go to:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/09/19/BA258408.DTL&type=printable
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Excerpts:

"The Alameda County coroner's office is investigating the
case of an 18- year-old East Bay woman who died
Wednesday, days after reportedly taking the abortion
pill RU-486.

The victim's father told The Chronicle that his 18-year-
old daughter had gotten a prescription for RU-486 at a
Planned Parenthood office in Hayward on Sept. 10 to
end her seven-week pregnancy.
[...]
Monty Patterson said his daughter Holly Patterson had
visited Planned Parenthood in Hayward last Wednesday
and on Saturday had begun taking drugs prescribed to
end her pregnancy. Patterson's daughter lived with him in
Livermore and did not tell him about the pregnancy, he said.

"On Sunday, she was crying and crying, and she told me
she was having cramps, that she had a bad period," said
Patterson, a home builder who said he had learned of the
pregnancy only hours before his daughter died.

Between Sunday and Wednesday, Holly Patterson was
bleeding severely, in acute pain and unable to walk, her
father said. Her boyfriend rushed her late Sunday to
Valley Care Medical Center in Pleasanton, Patterson said.
She was given painkillers and released, Patterson said.

"She went back into the hospital in the middle of the night
Wednesday, and she died at 2 p.m.," Patterson said. "The
doctor told me that she hadn't aborted all of the fetus, and
she had fragments left in her, and she had a massive syste-
mic infection and went into septic shock."

The Alameda County coroner's office confirmed it was
investigating Patterson's death and had not yet established
the cause of death. A coroner's spokesman said Patterson
had died at 1:53 p.m. at Valley Care Medical Center.
[...]
Last year, the Washington Times reported that the deaths
of two women who took RU-486 had prompted the
FDA to issue warning letters to physicians.

Three women who took RU-486 later suffered bleeding
caused by a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, the Washington
Times reported. One woman died from a hemorrhage.
Two other women suffered severe systemic bacterial
infections after taking the drugs, and one died.
[...]
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Papa Jack commented:
RU-486 has certainly not proved to be the "wonder drug"
which many Pro-Aborts dreamed of.

Clearly the abortion industry is still trying to demonstrate
the safety of the drug, and not always suceeding.