Investigators on Monday were
searching the Martini Hospital in Turin where a 37-year-old
woman died last week after interrupting her pregnancy with the
drug mifepristone, the so-called 'abortion pill'.
The prosecutor's office opened a manslaughter investigation
into the case, and ordered an autopsy of the woman's body, which
will very likely take place Monday.
The medical examiner will have 60 days to reach his
conclusions.
So far there are no suspects indicated in the case.
The Turin woman has become the first Italian fatality
possibly linked to the drug mifepristone, the so-called
'abortion pill'.
The woman, 37, died at Turin's Martini Hospital after an
abortion brought on by the pill, known in Italy by its former
name, RU486.
The hospital linked the death to a reaction to the pill but
Italy's top expert on abortions, Turin gynecologist Silvio
Viale, said the death was probably caused by sedatives which
have been known to trigger cardiac arrest.
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