Comment from School Nurse
AnonymousSupportIndividual
Summary: A registered nurse (RN) is expressing outrage over the lack of a reporting mechanism for adverse reactions to abortion medications. The commenter supports the petition by arguing that the FDA should be held accountable for the safety of these drugs and that medical personnel need a way to report dangerous outcomes.
I am an RN working with mostly 18 - 24 year old students. In our small town we have seen multiple, significant adverse reactions resulting in ER visits and rescue D&C surgeries. We have no way to report these adverse outcomes, and the ER personnel and surgeons tell us they can only report deaths! How can the FDA report that these drugs are safe when you won't allow medical personnel to report the dangerous outcomes we see? Why try to hide the truth? No amount of money could be worth the trauma we see many young girls go through. They are frequently alone, with no health care professional overseeing their care, and they are traumatized for life. Can you imagine seeing your bloody, dead baby in the toilet after you were told it was just a clump of tissue you would be passing? This is unacceptable fraud. We cannot keep lying to young American women. They deserve better.