Health risks to mothers taking chemical abortion pills surpass the health risks of surgical abortion. Complications include incomplete abortion with subsequent life threatening bacterial infection, failure to cause the abortion and cause birth defects to the baby, extensive and weeks long hemorrhage, severe pain, nausea, vomiting, damage to the uterus, and toxic shock from the poisonous chemicals. Chemical abortion at home via telemedicine incurs even greater risk, due to the unavailability of pretesting to determine the age of the baby or an ectopic pregnancy, the hazards of off label use - creative and u ntested  treatment instructions, and no follow up care by a medical doctor with hospital privileges.  Read more  here .

Though clearly indicated in the product insert, Dr. Grossman's research results deny these risks, magically reflecting his own bias that " medication abortion, like all abortion, is incredibly safe." The ACLU is now using his flawed research results to sue the FDA , demanding that chemical  abortion pills be available by prescription in commercial pharmacies without a physician visit, leaving women to abort on their own.

Dr. Grossman's role in the legal arguments and implementation guidelines for widespread use of RU-486 are troublesome for many reasons, but especially three:

1) His zealous support and approval of RU-486 belies the sinister origins of the drug and the company that manufactures it. RU-486 is manufactured by Roussel Uclaf, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hoeschst AG, formally IG Farben, that manufactured Zyklon B, the cyanide gas used at Auschwitz. According to Nuremberg Trial documents, Farben manufactured a variety of poison gases and deadly pharmaceuticals that were used in experimentation and extermination of Jews. Read more here.

2) The underpinnings of Jewish ethical business practice prescribe honesty in marketing. We should not sell a product based on false advertising, especially falsely market a dangerous product as safe! Leviticus 9:14, "You shall not curse the deaf nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God, I am the Lord"  prohibits a Jew from profiting monetarily by intentionally deceiving the consumer, in this case selling a product said to be safe but which is harmful. Dr. Goodman earns a fee from Planned Parenthood for using false information to facilitate the sale of a chemical that harms the consumer. 

3) RU-486 causes the death of innocent human lives unable to defend themselves, which invalidates his opinion that abortion is safe! His departure from holiness and conscience casts a pall on all of Judaism.

Dr. Grossman's email address is Daniel.Grossman@ucsf.edu. Please take a minute to share your concerns with him. His full bio can been read here.