But . she said, citing side effects like excessive bleeding and incomplete abortions, " people have a way of denying these problems with the drug and saying it's a magic bullet.
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According to Duarte Vilar, executive director of the Family Planning Association, an abortion-rights group in Lisbon, some 5, 000 women show up at hospitals each year with injuries caused by botched, self-administered or incomplete abortions.
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The bill, offered by Sen . Tim Hutchinson of Arkansas and Rep . David Vitter of Louisiana, requires that a physician prescribing RU-486 must be qualified to handle complications from incomplete abortions as well as legally authorized to perform abortions.
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They say it is more dangerous than surgical abortions, causing severe bleeding in about 2 percent of women and incomplete abortions in about 5 percent to 8 percent, making it necessary for the women to have surgical abortions to complete the procedure.
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At Kenyatta Hospital, one of the largest public hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa with 2, 000 beds, complications from induced and incomplete abortions account for about 50 percent of gynecological admissions _ or about 20 patients a day and more than 6, 000 a year, hospital officials say.
